Periodontal status of adult Sudanese habitual users of miswak chewing sticks or toothbrushes

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-30

  Darout, Ismail A ^a,b   Albandar, Jasim M ^a   Skaug, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Laboratory of Oral Microbiology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gingivitis; Miswak; Oral hygiene; Periodontal disease epidemiology; Salvadora persica; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PREVALENCE; SUDAN; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH CALCULUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL CALCULUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREVALENCE; SUDAN; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0034136303     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163500429398     Document Type: Article

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