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Health is a major part of our happiness, and to keep such health, dental health is essential. Thus, to maintain dental health requires a continued care of the two major dental diseases, namely, dental caries and periodontal disease. Thus, in order to emphasize the importance of dental plaque control programs at dental clinics, it is hereby reported about cases of the application of the dental plaque control program to patients who visited a dental clinic in City B for around four weeks from October 2010. With the agreement of the patients, in order to evaluate their dental state, detailed examination items included in the comprehensive dental hygiene procedure were used. In addition, Professional tooth brushing used the Watanabe's method involving the use of two-row bristle toothbrushes . Detailed examination items included an interview for mental health and dental health, O'Leary Index, pocket depth, bleeding upon probing (BOP), and calculus index. 1. The dental plaque control program confirmed that the patients' O'Leary Index, pocket depth, BOP decreased, thereby improving their dental environment. 2. The dental plaque control program fully motivated patients to take care of their teeth on their own. The continuous dental health education confirmed that the dental plaque control program can be used as a preventive continuous dental health promotion program at dental clinics and hospitals. 3. Professional dental plaque control does not necessarily ensure a continuous care depending on the situations of dental clinics or patients. Thus, in order to continue dental plaque control, a program designed for a specific and systematic control needs to be developed, more than simply brushing patients' teeth.