Electric Toothbrush Treatment Report

Category: Equipment

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Generic Name: Assistive Technology

What is Electric Toothbrush?

An example of Electric Toothbrush

An electric toothbrush is a toothbrush that uses electric power to move the brush head, normally in an oscillating pattern, though electric toothbrushes are often called 'rotary' toothbrushes.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Weakness in hands 4 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 3 0
Weakness in right hand 2 0
Weakness in arms 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Sensitivity of teeth 1 1 Efficacy_major

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
0
Mild
0
None
2

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Electric Toothbrush

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Electric Toothbrush

Always
1 50%
Usually
1 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Electric Toothbrush

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 50%
Not at all
1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Electric Toothbrush

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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2 patient evaluations for Electric Toothbrush

Purposes: Yellow teeth, Teeth Chattering, Bruxism (teeth grinding), Sensitivity of teeth, Weakness in hands, Weakness in arms, and Stiffness/Spasticity (Started Mar 10, 2012)
Date Dosage Yellow teeth Perceived effectiveness Teeth Chattering Perceived effectiveness Bruxism (teeth grinding) Perceived effectiveness Sensitivity of teeth Perceived effectiveness Weakness in hands Perceived effectiveness Weakness in arms Perceived effectiveness Stiffness/Spasticity Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jul 29, 2012 Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4 ? ? Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4 ? ? ? NoneNoneNoneNone UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually A littleA littleA littleA little
Date
Jul 29, 2012
Advice & Tips
I can't brush my own teeth or open my mouth wide. My care givers struggled to use a manual brush effectively Well worth £17.50 Oral-B ProfessionalCare 1000 Electric Toothbrush www.oralb.com/products/professional-care-1000-toothbrush/
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  • chasmengr
    Sex: M
    Data Quality: 3 stars
    MS: 5 yrs
    Type: Relapsing-Remitting
    Sensation: Mild
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
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Purpose: Intention tremor (Started Sep 01, 2007)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Dec 30, 2009 Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Date
Dec 30, 2009
Advice & Tips
great tool !!
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