Laboratory Evaluation of the Reach Tooth & Gum Care Toothbrush and Three Additional Manual Toothbrushes for Subgingival Access

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-4

  Yankell, S L ^a   Shi, X ^a   Emling, R C ^b   Harris, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b International Dental Research Ltd   (United States)

^c JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GINGIVA; INSTRUMENTATION; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EVALUATION STUDIES; GINGIVA; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0031987091     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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