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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
      <issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">448</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2025.51108</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Dentistry</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Impact of Different Toothbrushing Techniques on Plaque Removal&#13;
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      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Eid</surname>
            <given-names>Hawra Abdalkreem Al</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alsammak</surname>
            <given-names>Manar Saeed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alzarraa</surname>
            <given-names>Maram Ayed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>11</day>
        <month>11</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>5</volume>
      <issue>11</issue>
      <fpage>595</fpage>
      <lpage>602</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
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      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Maintaining oral hygiene and avoiding common dental conditions like caries, gingivitis, and periodontitis depends on the efficient removal of plaque. The most accessible and popular mechanical plaque-control technique is still tooth brushing. Various brushing techniques have been developed over time, such as the Bass, Stillman Charter, and Fone’s methods, which are all intended to enhance the removal of plaque from various regions of the tooth and gingiva. While manual brushing with these methods can be successful, it frequently calls for accuracy, steady effort, and patient cooperation. Particularly for people with poor brushing habits or limited manual dexterity, powered toothbrushes, especially oscillating-rotating and sonic models, have recently shown promise as instruments that improve efficacy and lessen reliance on brushing technique. Cost, user preference, and comfort, however, continue to be obstacles to their broad adoption. Using data from recent clinical trials and comparative studies, this narrative review investigates how different toothbrushing methods affect the removal of plaque. The impact of brushing pressure, time, and user education on oral hygiene results is also covered. Both powered and manual methods have their uses, but proper application of reinforcement of behavior and patient-specific advice is essential for any technique__ampersandsign#39;s long-term success. This review suggests that certain concerns need to be covered by future studies to match patient profiles and clinical requirements with technique selection and achieve patient compliance.&#13;
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      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <kwd>Oral hygiene</kwd>
        <kwd> gingivitis</kwd>
        <kwd> periodontitis</kwd>
        <kwd> dental plaque</kwd>
        <kwd> manual toothbrushing</kwd>
        <kwd> powered toothbrushing </kwd>
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