1983 Volume 25 Issue 2 Pages 399-404
Plaque disclosing soloutions were applied to the teeth for revealing the dental plaque and evaluating the efficiency of tooth brush. It is generally recognized that dental plaque plays a major role in etiology of periodontal disease.
An effective plaque control must be parts of the treatment plan for every dental patient, for this, disclosing solution is helpful for patient's plaque control. So we made investigation with a view to compare of the effects of various disclosants on plaque accumulation.
Prior to the start of the experiment, all students had their teeth scaled and polished by doctor, and then, two pieces of experimental tooth slices with8×8mm in width and length which were made by the central anterior teeth, were put on the buccal surface of the upper first molar with Coe-pak.
After 6 days, we removed the experimental slices, and then, we stained the student's different teeth and examined into several items. On the other hand, experimental slices were stained by different disclosing solution and investigated the color difference of the experimental slices with DENTAL COLOR ANALYZER (NAKAGAWA K. K.)
So we obtained the result throughout our experiment, MT-750, MT-1000 and neutral red had good scores.
