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Analysis of the growth of dental plaque on the surface of orthodontic vacuum-formed retainers following the use of different cleaning methods

Marwa R. Halawani

Marwa R. Halawani

Preventive Dental Science, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman UniversityRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Ashwag Y. Aloyouny

Ashwag Y. Aloyouny

Oral Medicine, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman UniversityRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Aloyouny, Ashwag Y.
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Dhai Al Rashoud

Dhai Al Rashoud

College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman UniversityRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Rashoud, Dhai Al
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Atheer Almazarqah

Atheer Almazarqah

College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman UniversityRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Almazarqah, Atheer
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Shouq Albalawi

Shouq Albalawi

College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman UniversityRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Albalawi, Shouq
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Dalia S. Elfeky

Dalia S. Elfeky

Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo UniversityCairo, Egypt
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Elfeky, Dalia S.
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Rasha H. Al-Serwi

Rasha H. Al-Serwi

Department of Basic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman UniversityNew Orleans, LA, Saudi Arabia
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Dur A. Alomair

Dur A. Alomair

Preventive Dental Science, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman UniversityRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
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20 févr. 2023
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Publié en ligne: 20 févr. 2023
Pages: 55 - 60
Reçu: 01 sept. 2022
Accepté: 01 oct. 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/aoj-2022-0039
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Figure 1

Box plot illustrating the median value and interquartile range of the bacterial count (log10) using different cleaning methods.
Box plot illustrating the median value and interquartile range of the bacterial count (log10) using different cleaning methods.

Figure 2

Methods for cleaning vacuum-formed retainers (VFRs), showing the 5-week protocol with a different cleaning method each week.
Methods for cleaning vacuum-formed retainers (VFRs), showing the 5-week protocol with a different cleaning method each week.

A comparison of bacterial count (log10) using different cleaning methods_

a. Descriptive statistics and comparison of bacterial count (log10) using different cleaning methods (Kruskal–Wallis test).
95% confidence interval for Mean
Median Min Max Mean Std. dev Std. error Lower bound Upper bound P value
Water 5.46a 0.00 7.11 5.09 1.79 0.39 4.28 5.91 0.001*
Brush+soap 4.95b 0.00 6.46 4.34 1.94 0.42 3.46 5.22
Tablet 4.45b 0.00 6.46 4.22 1.28 0.28 3.6 4.8
Brush+water 4.36b 0.00 5.54 3.29 2.41 0.53 2.19 4.38
Brush+toothpaste 4.26b 0.00 6.08 3.05 2.51 0.55 1.91 4.20
b. Pairwise comparison of bacterial count (log10) using different cleaning methods (Mann–Whitney U test).
P value of difference versus other groups
Group Water Brush and toothpaste Brush and soap Brush and water Tablet
Water 0.001* 0.016* 0.000* 0.001*
Brush and toothpaste 0.001* 0.110 0.690 0.456
Brush and soap 0.016* 0.110 0.234 0.182
Brush and water 0.000* 0.690 0.234 0.880
Tablet 0.001* 0.456 0.182 0.880
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