Comparison between manual and mechanical methods of interproximal hygiene

Quintessence International

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 535-539

  Schmage, Petra ^a   Platzer, Ursula ^a   Nergiz, Ibrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental floss; Interclean; Interdental brush; Interproximal cleaning; Papillary bleeding index; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PERIODONTAL INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0033169791     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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