Development of oral brush and maintaining of oral hygiene

Park,  Joon Bong

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 52(11); 2014 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2014;52(11):678-685.
Published online November 30, 2014.

임상가를 위한 특집 3 - 구강솔의 발달과 구강위생관리의 고찰

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경희대학교 치의학전문대학원, 대한치과의사학회

Development of oral brush and maintaining of oral hygiene

Joon Bong Park

Department of Periodontolgy, Kyung Hee University, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee Medical center at Gandong, Dental Hospital

Abstract

The purpose of this article is reviewed the historical background and development of oral care devices in the ancient civilization. Through an evolutional process of oral care devices, the prevalence of periodontal diseases and dental caries has revealed decreasing tendency. Because of the changing the role of the toothbrush, the name of brush should be alter from toothbrush to oral brush. Recent we can apply toothbrush to tongue cleaner to diminish the oral breathe odor. Selection of the toothbrush for fittable for each and every person is the one of important point to maintain the oral hygiene. including check-up the oral hygiene status after toothbrush with disclosing solution. This review of literature suggest that the most important way to maintain the oral health shoul be included the selection of proper toothbrush for each person and confirmation of result of toothbrush in oral cavity after had learned tooth brush instruction from professional person.

Key Words: Oral brush;toothbrush;oral hygienic device;check-up after toothbrush;