This document discusses interdental cleaning aids and their use. It begins by explaining the need for interdental cleaning due to biofilm formation between teeth. It then covers factors in selecting cleaning aids, common types of aids like floss, interdental brushes and wooden sticks, and how to use floss properly. The document also notes disadvantages of floss like being time-consuming and requiring skill.

1. B Y
A N A S U Y A B H A T T A C H A R Y A
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INTERDENTAL CLEANING
AIDS

2. WHY DO WE NEED INTERDENTAL CLEANING
AIDS?
MAINLY BECAUSE OF BIOFILM FORMATION:
TYPE 1- GINGIVAL PAPILLAE FILLS THE
EMBRASURE SPACE COMPLETELY
TYPE 2-GINGIVAL PAPILLA PARTIALLY FILLS
EMBRASURE DUE TO PAPILLARY RECESSION
TYPE 3-THE EMBRASURE SPACE IS NOT
COMPLETELY FILLED DUE TO EXTENSIVE
RECESSION OR COMPLETE PAPILARY LOSS

3. FACTORS IN SELECTION OF INTERDENTAL
CLEANING AIDS
 TYPE OF GINGIVAL EMBRASURE
 ALIGNMENT OF TEETH
 FIXED PROSTHESI/ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES
 OPEN FURCATION AREA
 CONTACT AREA

4. TYPES OF INTERDENTAL CLEANING AIDS
 DENTAL FLOSS
 INTERDENTAL BRUSHES
 WOODEN STICKS
 ORAL IRRIGATORS
 OTHER INTERDENTAL CLEANING AIDS

5. DENTAL FLOSS
IT IS INDICATED TO
REMOVE PLAQUE
FROM
INTERPROXIMAL
TOOTH SURFACE

6. FORMS OF DENTAL FLOSS
 MULTIFILAMENT-TWISTED/NON-TWISTED
 BONDED/NON BONDED
 THICK/THIN
 WAXED/NON-WAXED

7. WHY IS UNWAXED DENTAL FLOSS BETTER
THAN WAXED ONES???
 IT IS SMALLER IN DIAMETER & PASSES MORE
EASILY THROUGH TIGHT INTERPROXIMAL
AREAS
 UNDER TENSION IT FLATTENS OUT ON THE
TOOTH SURFACE WITH EACH COMPONENT
THREAD ADDING SEPARATELY AS A CUTTING
EDGE TO DISLIDGE DEBRIS
 UNWAXED FLOSS MAKES A SQUEAKING NOISE
WHEN USED ON A CLEAN TOOTH SURFACE

8. FUNCTIONS OF DENTAL FLOSS
 REMOVAL OF ADHERENT PLAQUE & FOOD
DEBRIS FROM INTERPROXIMAL EMBRASURES
& UNDER THE PONTICS OF THE FPD
 POLISHING OF THE TOOTH SURFACE DURING
REMOVAL OF THE PLAQUE & DEBRIS
 STIMULATING & MASSAGING THE INTERDENTAL
PAPILLAE
 VEHICLE FOR APPLICATION OF POLISHING

9. DISADVANTAGE
 IT IS TIME CONSUMING
 REQUIRES SKILL
 CARRIES THE RISK OF TISSUE DAMAGE IF NOT
USED PROPERLY

12. Use a piece of floss about 30 cm (12 in.)
long. Tie the ends together, forming a loop.
If the loop is too large, wrap the floss
around your fingers to make it smalleR
Gently work the floss between the
teeth toward the gums. Curve the
floss around each tooth into a U-
shape, and gently slide it under
the gum line. Move the floss
firmly up and down several times
to scrape off the plaque. Popping
the floss in and out between the
teeth without scraping will not
remove much plaque and can
hurt your gums.

13. INTERDENTAL BRUSHES
THEY ARE CONE SHAPED OR
CYLINDRICAL BRUSHES MADE
OF BRISTLES MOUNTED ON A
HANDLE
 INTERPROXIMAL SURFACES
 ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES
 BRIDGES
 CROWNS
 DENTAL IMPLANTS

14. WOODEN STICKS
USES:
CLEANING IN-BETWEEN TEETH
AFTER EATING
REACHES AREAS TOOTHBRUSH
BRISTLES CAN’T
 REQUIRES LIGHT TOUCH
 CAN DAMAGE ENAMEL
LACERATE GUMS & BREAK
VENEER BONDS
 NOT VERY COMMON INTER
PROXIMAL AID

15. ORAL IRRIGATORS
 PLAQUE
REMOVAL/BIOFILM
DISTURBANCE VIA A
PRESSURISED
PULSATING STREAM
OF WATER
 USED IN
ORTHODONTIC
PATIENTS,IMPLANT
PATIENTS &
PERIODONTAL
MAINTENANCE

16. OTHER INTERDENTAL AIDS
 END TUFTED BRUSH-
 INTERDENTAL TIPS-