Plaque scores
bleeding, tooth
PLAQUE, BLEEDING, GINGIVAL BLEEDING, PLAQUE
At baseline, the median of overall RMNPI was 61.35% (53.29–69.56). After 28 days of interdental cleaning with microburst technology, the median of overall RMNPI was 54.96% (46.91–66.05) and statistically significantly higher than after 28 days of interdental cleaning with the control procedure dental flossing (median of overall RMNPI 52.98%; range 42.75–65.60) (Rustogi Modified Navy Plaque Index (RMNPI) after 28 days of home-use of an oral irrigator in comparison to dental floss. Rustogi modified plaque index splits every buccal and lingual tooth surface into nine sections (A–I) and was calculated as percentage of biofilm adhering sites to measured sites of Subgroup analysis revealed that the higher cleansing efficacy of the dental floss is mainly attributable to buccal and marginal areas (see Fig. Plaque and bleeding levels after 1 month of home-use. The Rustogi modified plaque index splits every buccal and lingual tooth surface into nine sections (A–I) and was calculated as percentage of biofilm adhering sites to measured sites. Gingival bleeding was calculated dichotomously at 6 sites per tooth as percentage of bleeding sites to measured sites. Data was presented using median and interquartile ranges
