RESULTS
PLAQUE, DENTAL PLAQUE
The CONSORT flow diagram is presented in Figure CONSORT flow diagram.Descriptive statistics of the OPI scores at the baseline and after cleaning procedure.Abbreviations: C‐TH, conventional toothbrush; DWJ, the dental Water Jet; OPI, Orthodontic Plaque Index; O‐TH, orthodontic toothbrush; SD, standard deviation; No significant difference was observed between the OPI scores at the baseline Comparison results of Kruskal–Wallis test of the OPI scores between groups at baseline.Abbreviations: C‐TH conventional toothbrush; Comparison results of Kruskal–Wallis test the OPI scores between groups postcleaning.Abbreviations: C‐TH conventional toothbrush; Box plots of the postcleaning OPI scores showing median, interquartile range, minimum, and maximum. C‐TH conventional toothbrush; DWJ, the dental Water Jet; OPI, Orthodontic Plaque Index; O‐TH, orthodontic toothbrush.Photographs showing the dental plaque accumulation. (a) At baseline. (b) postcleaning with DWJ. DWJ, the dental Water Jet.Photographs showing the dental plaque accumulation. (a) At baseline. (b) postcleaning with the C‐TH. C‐TH conventional toothbrush.Photographs showing the dental plaque accumulation. (a) At baseline. (b) postcleaning with the O‐TH. O‐TH, orthodontic toothbrush.Comparison results of Wilcoxon signed‐rank test dental plaque accumulation between the two‐time points.Abbreviations: C‐TH conventional toothbrush; DWJ, the dental Water Jet; O‐TH, orthodontic toothbrush.
