Toothbrushing duration and plaque removing efficacy of electric toothbrushes

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 9, Issue 9998, 1996, Pages

  Van der Weijden, Fridus A ^a   Timmerman, Mark F ^a   Snoek, Ineke M ^a   Reijerse, Esther ^a   Van der Velden, Ubele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; ULTRASOUND;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; ELECTRICITY; HUMANS; SONICATION; TIME FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0030179660     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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