OBJECTIVES: This study investigated whether habitual toothbrushing performance is stable within individuals across repeated observations, whether brushing performance changes after different experimental conditions and whether chewing frequency is associated with rhythmic brushing variables.
✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable change — this article is unrelated to audiology or hearing health and holds no clinical relevance for hearing care professionals.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
This article is not relevant to the audiology field and does not inform hearing care practice, research, or policy.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01Study investigates consistency of toothbrushing behavior across repeated sessions in individuals.
- 02Uses dynamic time warping (a mathematical comparison technique) and phenotype analysis.
- 03Published in Clinical Oral Investigations — a dental/oral health journal.
- 04No connection to audiology, hearing loss, cochlear function, or related fields.
- 05Inclusion in an audiology feed appears to be an indexing or aggregation error.
✦ Research metadata ✦
- PMID
- 42461291
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00784-026-06997-3.