Oral-B iO - Why recommend oscillating rotating technology?
Gaps. Caps. Overlaps. Braces with hard-to-reach spaces. The Oral-B electric toothbrush with its dental professional-inspired round brush head helps all patients – even those in good oral health. Make all at-home routines end with a perfect clean for happier patients and healthier check-ups. Get 100% more plaque removal and healthier gums*
*vs. a regular manual toothbrush
Oral-B Round for a Reason A key part in the success of the Oral-B electric rechargeable toothbrush is attributed to our partnership with dental professionals, dental advisory boards and universities. Your input into all stages of product development, research findings, professional knowledge and experience led to the design of the small round brush head. Oral prophylaxis is considered the gold standard for plaque and stain removal. Therefore, the brush head was designed to be similar to the professional dental instruments used for prophylaxis.
Oscillating-Rotating Technology Oral-B electric rechargeable toothbrushes are built with the fundamental understanding of how plaque is best disrupted and swept away from the tooth surface. The disruption and removal of plaque depends on the brush head motion, supplied by the drive motor in the handle, and the brush head design. The motion of the Oral-B electric rechargeable toothbrush is designed to not only disrupt the plaque biofilm, but to lift and sweep it away. High-speed photography and a robotic cleaning effectiveness demonstrated that the most effective interproximal space penetration occurs when toothbrush bristles change direction. Both the oscillation and rotating momentum by the motion of the bristles create high shear forces that help disrupt plaque biofilm on the tooth surface. In addition, the brushing action provided by oscillating-rotating-pulsating bristles leads to deep interproximal penetration that lifts and sweeps plaque away during both the forward and backward movements. The efficacy of the oscillating-rotating technology has been confirmed both in laboratory tests and in clinical trials relative to various manual toothbrushes and other electric toothbrush technologies.
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Related CE Courses
Using an Evidence-based Approach to Making Patient Recommendations for Power Toothbrushes
COURSE NUMBER: 648
Patients are more educated and asking more questions about their oral health. Dental professionals today can be overwhelmed by the number and variety of toothbrushes regularly surfacing on the market and the many differing technologies. All...
CE Credits:
3 Hour(s)
Date Course Online:
Nov 23, 2020
Last Revision Date:
Nov 22, 2023
Course Expiration Date:
Nov 21, 2026
Patients are more educated and asking more questions about their oral health. Dental professionals today can be overwhelmed by the number and variety of toothbrushes regularly surfacing on the market and the many differing technologies. All of these advances oblige dental professionals to seek information that will enable them to make the best product recommendations based on proven clinical effectiveness and gentleness, their own clinical experience, and patient preferences.
Podcast
How Technology May Help Change your Patients Toothbrushing Habits! with Dr. Stephanie Gans
On this A Tale of Two Hygienists bonus episode, we are joined by Dr. Stephanie Gans to talks about the benefits of utilizing an electric toothbrush with oscillating-rotating technology!
Clinical Trials
CLINICAL EVIDENCE FOR ORAL-B® iO2
Oral-B® iO2 provides superior plaque and gingival health benefits versus manual and sonic toothbrush controls.
Three clinical studies show Oral-B iO2 reduces plaque and improves gingival health significantly better than manual and sonic controls. These benefits were seen with different brush heads and brushing modes.
EFFICACY OF AN OSCILLATING-ROTATING BRUSH
Plaque Reduction Efficacy of an Oscillating-Rotating Electric Rechargeable Toothbrush with a Novel Brush Head Utilizing Angled Bristle Tufts
6-week study showing an Oral-B oscillating-rotating toothbrush (Pro 1000) with CrossAction brush head had greater than 2X whole mouth and interproximal plaque reduction versus a flat-trimmed manual toothbrush.
REDUCTION OF GINGIVITIS AND PLAQUE
An 8-Week Clinical Comparison of an Oscillating-Rotating Electric Rechargeable Toothbrush and a Sonic Toothbrush in the Reduction of Gingivitis and Plaque
8 week study showing Oral-B Pro 1000 CrossAction brush head was significantly better than Sonicare DiamondClean + Adaptiv Clean for reducing gingivitis and plaque.
CLINICAL TRIAL - EFFICACY OF ORAL HYGIENE ROUTINE
A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating the Anti-Gingivitis Efficacy of an Oral Hygiene Routine including a Novel Stabilized Stannous Fluoride Dentifrice, Oscillating-Rotating Electric Toothbrush and Floss
After 6 weeks of using a stabilized stannous fluoride dentifrice, oscillating-rotating electric toothbrush and floss, the experimental oral hygiene group was nearly free of gingivitis with less than one bleeding site (0.85).
Independent Research Publications
Cochrane Report
In a historical review of clinical studies, the independent, not-for-profit Cochrane Collaboration concluded that electric rechargeable toothbrushes reduce plaque and gingivitis more than manual toothbrushing in the short and long term. Over 50% of the studies used a type of electric rechargeable toothbrush that had a rotation oscillation mode of action (where the brush head rotates in one direction and then the other).