Importance of Homecare

“A person is not healthy without good oral hygiene.”
     – C. Everett  Koop, M.D., Former U.S. Surgeon General

Good oral health is crucial for good overall health.

• Homecare is the success of a patient to follow a routine oral health regimen at home between office visits.
• About 80 percent of U.S. adults have some form of periodontal disease.⁶
• Increasing evidence suggests that periodontal disease may be linked to various diseases.^{1, 7- 27}

When patients brush at home with Rotadent® Plus, they will improve their oral health. The technology behind Rotadent® Plus has been proven to help achieve improved homecare using the same design and performance criteria as the original Rotadent®. This consistent technical design includes the angled brush head design, 360 degree rotating brush head, brush filament fiber material and the three unique brush-head shapes (hollow, short and long).

A 10-year retrospective study demonstrated that Rotadent® helped increase patient compliance and oral hygiene when compared to manual techniques.⁴ The study reported that 51 percent of the manual toothbrush group maintained six month recare appointments while 92 percent of the Rotadent® group remained compliant.⁴ In addition, the study results showed that patients using the Rotadent® rotary toothbrush who did return for recare appointments exhibited 67 percent good to very good oral hygiene levels compared to 25 percent for the manual group.⁴

Other studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of Rotadent® Plus:

• Sweeps away plaque from hard-to-reach dental surfaces^{4, 28}
• Safely cleans implant surfaces and braces^{2, 3, 29}
• Cleans as or more effectively than manual brushing and flossing or sonic powered toothbrushes^{3, 30}