Evaluación de la eficacia de la técnica de cepillado de bass modificada a través de un metodo de enseñanza intraoral y otro extraoral

Abstract

Teaching the mechanical control of supragingival plaque is very important because its purpose is to prevent periodontal disease and create a positive attitude in the patient, inform and motivate. It aims to assess the effectiveness of the Bass brushing technique modified by teaching methods intraoral and extraoral, for mechanical control of dental plaque. We selected 40 patients between 20 and 30 years old, male and female, divided into two groups: group A (20 patients) who received a demonstration of the technique of brushing with intraoral method and group B (20 patients) who received a demonstration of the technique of brushing with extraoral method. Variable was controlled reinforcement and motivation brushing technique, dividing the groups A and B into four subgroups, groups (A1 and B1) were motivation and reinforcement, and the other two groups (A2 and B2) did not. The percentage of supragingival plaque before brushing technique explain between patients in group A was 53.47% while in group B was 45.98%. After explaining the brushing technique in group A decreased to 32.42%, while in group B decreased to 34.76% (p> 0.005). We conclude that the explanation of the technique of brushing with intraoral teaching method proves to be simple, practical and effective for the control of dental plaque,being even more efficient when combined with the reinforcement and motivation of the patient between appointments.