Effectiveness of the Sonicare® Sonic Toothbrush on Reduction of Plaque, Gingivitis, Probing Pocket Depth and Subgingival Bacteria in Adolescent Orthodontic Patients

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-19

  Ho, Ha Phan ^a   Niederman, Richard ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL DEVICE; FEMALE; GINGIVA; GINGIVITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PERIODONTITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; GINGIVA; GINGIVITIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SONICATION; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0031303851     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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