Klonowicz, D.
Czerwinska, M.
Sirvent, A.
Gatignol, J-Ph.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Pierre Fabre Oral Care
Article History
Received: 16 December 2016
Accepted: 22 October 2018
First Online: 6 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: In Poland, an electric toothbrush is considered to be a domestic electric apparatus. It is not considered as a drug nor a medical device, categories for which regulations do exist for conducting clinical trials. Therefore, in the absence of any regulations that applied to this specific category of products, conducting a clinical study with electric toothbrushes did not require any approval by an ethics committee. However, the study was conducted in compliance with Good Clinical Practices and in accordance with the “Declaration of Helsinki.” Written informed consents for participation in the clinical study were obtained for all participants.
: Not applicable.
: Dr. Gatignol is employee ofInnovation Unit Consumer HealthCare - Institut de Recherche Pierre FabreDr. Klonowicz and Dr. Czerwinska received funding from Dermscan Poland for their collaboration to the study.Dermscan Poland and Laboratoire Dermscan (A. Sirvent) are part of the Dermscan Group, a CRO that received funding from Pierre Fabre Oral Care to conduct the study.<i>Elgydium Clinic/Inava Hybrid</i> toothbrush is marketed by Pierre Fabre Oral Care.
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