Assessing the efficacy and safety of an electric interdental cleaning device

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 104-108

  Isaacs, Roger L ^a   Beiswanger, Bradley B ^a   Crawford, Jodie L ^a   Mau, Melissa S ^a   Proskin, Howard ^b   Warren, Paul R ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Howard M Proskin & Associates Inc   (United States)

^c Applied Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL DEVICE; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERIODONTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR SKILLS; PERIODONTAL INDEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0032622536     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1999.0037     Document Type: Article

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