New Instrument for Oral Hygiene of Children with Cleft Lip and Palate

• Published in: Applied sciences 2018-04, Vol.8 (4), p.576
• Main Authors: Rodrigues, Rita, Fernandes, Maria, Bessa Monteiro, António, Furfuro, Rowney, Carvalho Silva, Cátia, Soares, César, Vardasca, Ricardo, Mendes, Joaquim, Manso, Maria
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Children; cleft lip and palate; Cleft lip/palate; Decoupling; Dental caries; Dentistry; Design; finite element analysis; Green chemistry; Health; Health sciences; Morphology; Oral hygiene; Organic chemistry; Pessoa, Fernando Antonio Nogueira (1888-1935); Simulation; Systematic review; toothbrush
• ISSN: 2076-3417; 2076-3417
• DOI: 10.3390/app8040576

The anatomical and morphological alterations increase the accumulation of bacterial plaque and, further, increase the difficulty of its removal. [...]the high prevalence of dental caries in these children is well documented [6,7,8,9,10]. The semi-circular movement of rotation in relation to its own axis was found to be the one that shows the best results. [...]the design of the Cleft Toothbrush became that of a flame shape, as to better fit the space. [...]by decoupling both, it allows the optimal use of each of the parts in a different way, maintaining the effectiveness of both, for the time that each one is effective. 1Faculty of Dentistry, University of Porto, R. Dr. Manuel Pereira da Silva, 93, 4200-393 Porto, Portugal 2Faculty of Health Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril, 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal 3Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry (LAQV/REQUIMTE), University of Porto, 4051-401 Porto, Portugal 4Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, s/n, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal 5Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, R. Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal 6Faculty of Health Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa, Fernando Pessoa Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS), Praça de 9 de Abril, 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal *Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.