Comparative study of electric and manual toothbrushes in patients with fixed orthodontic appliances.

The objective of this three treatment, three period, single blind, cross-over trial was to evaluate the efficacy of three toothbrushes in a cohort of children undergoing fixed appliance orthodontic therapy. The brushes used were: (1) Dental Logic HP550 with regular brush head HP5924 (Philips, U.K.