Exploring the Role of Novel Colour-Changing Toothpaste as an Aid for Improving Children's Oral Hygiene Behaviour: An In Vivo Study.

Int J Dent · 2026 · PMC13309740 · PMID 42368299

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did not reach statistical significancep > 0.05actually significant

Group 2 consistently showed higher median values across several motivation domains; however, these did not reach statistical significance ( p > 0.05).

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showed a trendp = 0.057so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Regarding brushing technique awareness parameters (B1 and B2), B1 showed a trend toward higher scores in Group 1 ( p = 0.057) and B2 demonstrated significantly higher scores in Group 1 compared to Group 2 ( p = 0.001), reflecting better awareness of brushing technique in this domain.

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