Patients’ compliance and satisfaction
The patients’ compliance and satisfaction scores when using the manual toothbrushes were slightly higher than those when using the LED toothbrushes, however, the differences were not significant. The satisfaction scores when using the manual and LED toothbrushes ranged from 2 to 3 (mean 2.6 ± SD 0.5), and 1–3 (mean 2.3 ± SD 0.5), respectively. The questionnaires revealed that 11 patients (47.82%) were more satisfied with the manual toothbrushes, 8 patients (34.78%) were indifferent to the toothbrush type, and 4 patients (17.39%) preferred the LED toothbrushes to the manual toothbrushes. Moreover, the compliance scores when using the manual toothbrush ranged from 3 to 4 (mean 3.8 ± SD 0.4), while the scores when using the LED toothbrush ranged from 2 to 4 (Mean 3.5 ± SD 0.7).