Effects of short professional mechanical tooth-cleaning (PMTC) program in young adults with mental disabilities

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-22

  Mori, Yuko ^a   Amano, Atsuo ^a   Akiyama, Shigehisa ^a   Morisaki, Ichijiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVITIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTITIS; PH; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; BACTERIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL DEPOSITS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033742776     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2000.tb00005.x     Document Type: Article

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