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Creating Digital Dental Plaque Scoring

NCT06443853 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2024-06-05

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Summary

It is aimed to compare dental plaque area measured on images obtained in the clinic by using dental photography and intraoral scanner and to evaluate the correlation of this area with clinical plaque scores.

Clinical dental plaque scoring was measured according to the "Turesky Modified Quigley Hein Plaque Index" after applying a plaque staining agent (Tri Plaque ID Gel, GC Corp., Tokyo, Japan) to evaluate the oral hygiene of 20 patients who applied to the university clinic. Following clinical scoring, intraoral photographs of the patients were taken using dental photography equipment of the same standards (EOS700D, Canon; 100mm lens, Canon; twin flash, Yong Nuo) and scan images were taken with an intraoral scanner (iTero Element Flex, Align Tech., USA). In the data obtained, dental plaque area on the buccal surface of 66 lower and upper jaw anterior teeth were measured with Image J (National Institute for Health, Bethesda, USA) software, and the ratio of dental plaque area to the visible surface area of the tooth was measured.

Conditions

  • Dental Plaque

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Dental plaque scoring and dental plaque coated tooth surface measuring

The Turesky Modified Quigley Hein Plaque Index of anterior teeth of the volunteers' was recorded using clinical visual examination. Intraoral photographs of the volunteers were taken by using a digital camera and 3D images were recorded by an intraoral scanner. The plaque-covered area and the total surface area of the teeth were marked in the manual mode of the Image J program and the areas were measured in square pixels. The correlation between clinical visual scoring, dental plaque areas on images were compared.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Marmara University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dilek Tagtekin, Professor · Marmara University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-01
Primary Completion
2024-03-29
Completion
2024-04-05

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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