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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Relative to the two commercially available toothbrushes, the new sonic powered toothbrush also provided statistically significantly (p < 0. 05) greater reductions in whole mouth plaque index scores (47. 4 % and 40. 0 %, respectively), gingival margin plaque index scores (46. 2 % and 40. 7 %, respectively), interproximal plaque index scores (650 % and 1400 %, respectively), facial plaque index scores (47. 6 % and 40. 9 %, respectively), lingual plaque index scores (47. 1 % and 31. 6 %, respectively), and interproximal lingual plaque index scores (350. 0 % and 500. 0 %, respectively) after four weeks.