BRUSH, BRUSH, BURSH!

The purpose of this experiment was to

determine which liquid would stain
your teeth more and the effect of
various cleansers on the removal of
the tooth stains.
We became interested in this idea be-
cause we were fascinated with teeth
during Dental Health month. We
learned that people need to have clean,
healthy teeth for good digestion and
appearance.
To improve the health and appearance
of their teeth, consumers can use this
information to purchase effective
toothpaste.
Our 1st Hypothesis was the
fruit juice would stain worse
than coca cola or water.

Our 2nd Hypothesis was the

Colgate Whitening would re-
move the stain better than
Colgate Regular.
EXPERIMENT DESIGN
The constants in this study were:
Kinds of liquids used to stain the tile
(teeth);
Amount of liquids the tile (teeth) are
soaked in:
Amount of time the tile (teeth) soaked
in stain: two days;
Amount of toothpaste put on tile
(teeth):
Brand of Toothbrush: Colgate Regular
and Colgate Whitening
Amount of Strokes: 50 strokes per title
(tooth);
Size of Solo cups: 9oz

The manipulated variable was the type of

liquid and toothpaste we used to remove
the stains.
The responding variable was the amount
of stain removed.
To measure the responding variable we
used called on Mrs. Allen’s observation.
6 TILES
5 SOLO CUPS
2 JUICE BOX
2 Coca Cola CANS
1 BOTTLE OF WATER
1 ROLL OF PAPER TOWELS
1 TUBE OF COLGATE REGULAR
1 TUBE OF COLGATE WHITENING
4 COLGATE KIDS TOOTHBRUSHES
PROCEDURES

1. Place 5 tiles in different water, fruit

juice, and coke.
2. Place 2 different paper towels on a
counter to set the tile down on when they
are finished soaking.
3. Stain all the tiles by soaking them for 2
days in Solo cups.
4. Pull tiles out of liquid and place on paper
towels.
5. Label different paper towels with the
name of toothpaste used..
6. Observe and record stains.
7. Squeeze Colgate Regular and Colgate
Whitening on tiles.
8. Brush one tooth up and down for 50
strokes. Repeat for all tiles.
9. Allow tiles to sit in fresh water to
rinse off the toothpaste.
10. When the teeth are finished being
brushed and rinsed, put all of them on
paper towels.
11. Observe and record cleaning data.
The original purpose of this experiment
was to determine which liquid would stain
tile (teeth) the most. We used tile to rep-
resent teeth because it’s porous like our
teeth and will absorb stains. We also de-
termined the effect of various cleansers
on tooth stains.

The results of the experiment were the

fruit juice will stain the most. In addi-
tion we concluded the Colgate Whitening
proved to whiten the best on fruit juice
and coca-cola.

Whitening

Regular
Our hypothesis was that fruit juice would
stain the most and Colgate Whitening
would remove the stain the best.
The results indicate that this hypothesis
should be accepted because the Colgate
Whitening worked the best on both
stains.

Because of the results of this experi-

ment, we wondered if the longer you
were to brush the tooth the more of the
stain would come off? Also, we wondered
if the more expensive toothpaste works
better?
If we were to conduct this project again
we would use more brands of toothpaste
so that we could show differences in our
results. We would use a colorimeter or a
shade guide to determine the staining ef-
fects..