Many real-world analysis tasks can benefit from the combined efforts of a group of people. Past research has shown that to design visualizations for collaborative visual analytics tasks, we need to support both individual as well as joint analysis activities. We present Cambiera, a tabletop visual analytics tool that supports individual and collaborative information foraging activities in large...

Fluoride (F) toothpaste is one of the most effective means of caries prevention. There is also evidence that mouthrinse solutions with antimicrobial agents reduce plaque formation and gingivitis and may be used as adjuncts to daily self-performed oral hygiene for risk patients. The authors hypothesize that using these solutions--without or with just a low F concentration after brushing--will ha...

We designed and applied novel interactive visualisation to investigate how social networks – derived from smartphone logs – are embedded in time and space. Social networks were identified through direct calls between participants and calls to mutual contacts of participants. Direct contact between participants was sparse and deriving networks through mutual contacts helped enrich the social net...

Common interests among people in different communities and levels are driving plenty of research groups and industry developers to pay more attention to such a vast zone of opportunities. Nowadays, unifying service architectures and implementations has become achievable, advanced and sophisticated mobile services early-adopters and late-integrators are standing over one tangible concept; troubl...

The aim of the study was to asses the effect of the use of interdental brushes (IDB) in patients as an adjunct to toothbrushing compared. During brushing, optimal cleaning results when the bristles work with their ends manual or electric devices, proving a greater efficiency of the prototypes ( ). “Plaque removal efficacy of power and manual toothbrushes: a comparative. Comparative cleansing ef...

PURPOSE This study was done to examine the effects of 4% hypertonic saline solution mouthwash and tooth brushing education on the oral health of elders living in long term care facilities. METHODS In this quasi-experimental study, the participants were assigned to a 2% experimental group (n=20), a 4% experimental group (n=20), and a control group (n=20). Data were analyzed using ANOVA, repeat...

We conducted a study to determine the frequency of bacteraemias following dental extraction and common oral procedures, namely tooth brushing and chewing, and the relationship between bacteraemia and oral health in black patients. Positive blood cultures were detected in 29.6% of patients after dental extraction, in 10.8% of patients after tooth brushing and in no patients after chewing. No rel...

In this paper, we describe a structured approach for user behavior recognition in an automatic prompting system that assists users with cognitive disabilities in the task of brushing their teeth. We analyze the brushing task using qualitative data analysis. The results are a hierarchical decomposition of the task and the identification of environmental configurations during subtasks. We develop...

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The purpose of this study was to compare the difference between the rolling toothbrushing motion a newly designed brushing machine and three subjects who were skilled in the rolling toothbrushing technique. The evaluation of the distortion curves of the rolling toothbrushing motion recorded by a tri-axial strain gauge attached to the shank of the toothbrush indicate the newly designed brushing ...