The GUM® Dome Trim® Toothbrush has a bristle trim where bristles are trimmed with center brisles sit higher and decrease in size toward the outer edge of the brush, creating a dome. Dome Trim® bristles are clinically designed to clean below the gumline¹ ² where periodontal disease starts. The dome shape bristling structure helps promote the recommended 45° angle when using the modified Bass technique.
The GUM® Dome Trim® Toothbrush comes in three options.
- Compact head, with soft bristles (457)
- Full head, with soft bristles (456)
- Compact head, with ultra-soft bristles for sensitive mouths (459)
1. Microbiological and Clinical Alterations from using Butler GUM toothbrushes. Reynolds,H.S.,& J.J. Zambon. J Dent Res, Vol. 76, p. 233, ID 1753 (IADR Abstracts) 1997.
2. Butler "GUM" Toothbrushes -A Microbiological and Clinical Study. Reynolds,H.S.,& J.J. Zambon. J Dent Res, Vol. 77, p. 287, ID 1452 (IADR Abstracts) 1998.
