Classical and digital option to index assessment of the oral hygiene

Abstract

Comparative evaluation of determining the hygienic state of the mouth in patients using classical methods (index evaluation) and using the digital platform. The study included 25 patients aged 16 to 60 years (women - 18, men - 7). A parallel determination of the level of oral hygiene using classical and digital approaches was carried out, the results obtained were compared and analyzed. When comparing the results obtained using both methods, it was revealed that in 24 out of 25 cases they turned out to be identical. The use of a digital protocol requires about two times less time than using the classical approach and allows for dynamic monitoring of the oral hygiene. The conducted research has shown that assessed digital platform is not inferior to the standard method of determining the level of hygiene. The result obtained using the digital platform gives a real-time visual representation of the level of oral hygiene of the patient, as it contains a transcript of the data and a detailed description of the type of dental deposits (the intensity of staining reflects the time interval of plaque formation).