Dataset for toothbrushing activity using brush-attached and wearable sensors

• Main Authors: Zawar Hussain, David Waterworth, Adnan Mahmood, Quan Z. Sheng, Wei Emma Zhang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021-08-01
• Series: Data in Brief
• Subjects: Toothbrushing; Smart toothbrush; Activity recognition; Machine learning; Sensor
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340921005321

Maintaining oral hygiene is very important for a healthy life. Poor toothbrushing is one of the leading causes of tooth decay and other gum problems. Many people do not brush their teeth properly. There is very limited technology available to help in assessing the quality of toothbrushing. Human Activity Recognition (HAR) applications have seen a tremendous growth in recent years. In this work, we treat the adherence to standard toothbrushing practice as an activity recognition problem. We investigate this problem and collect experimental data using a brush-attached and a wearable sensor when the users brush their teeth. In this paper, we extend our previous dataset [1] for toothbrushing activity by including more experiments and adding a new sensor. We discuss and analyse the collection of the dataset. We use an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor to collect the time-series data for toothbrushing activity. We recruited 22 healthy participants and collected the data in two different settings when they brushed their teeth in five different locations using both electric and manual brushes. In total, we have recorded 120 toothbrushing sessions using both brush-attached sensor and the wearable sensor.