Interactive toothbrushing education by a smart toothbrush system via 3D visualization

  • Authors:

  • Kyeong-Seop Kim;Tae-Ho Yoon;Jeong-Whan Lee;Dong-Jun Kim

  • Affiliations:

  • School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Konkuk University, #322 Dan Wall Dong, Chungju 380-701, Republic of Korea;School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Konkuk University, #322 Dan Wall Dong, Chungju 380-701, Republic of Korea;School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Konkuk University, #322 Dan Wall Dong, Chungju 380-701, Republic of Korea;Division of Electronics & Information Engineering, College of Science & Engineering, Cheongju University, Cheongju 360-764, Republic of Korea

  • Venue:
  • Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The very first step for keeping good dental hygiene is to employ the correct toothbrushing style. Due to the possible occurrence of periodontal disease at an early age, it is critical to begin correct toothbrushing patterns as early as possible. With this aim, we proposed a novel toothbrush monitoring and training system to interactively educate on toothbrushing behavior in terms of the correct brushing motion and grip axis orientation. Our intelligent toothbrush monitoring system first senses a user's brushing pattern by analyzing the waveforms acquired from a built-in accelerometer and magnetic sensor. To discern the inappropriate toothbrushing style, a real-time interactive three dimensional display system, based on an OpenGL 3D surface rendering scheme, is applied to visualize a subject's brushing patterns and subsequently advise on the correct brushing method.