Why clean your tongue?

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1605-1607

  Christensen, Gordon J ^a  

^a CLINICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANETHIOL; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DENTAL DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; TONGUE; TOOTH CALCULUS;

DENTAL DEPOSITS; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HALITOSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ORAL HYGIENE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TONGUE;

EID: 0032214155     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1998.0109     Document Type: Article

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