An advanced toothbrush with improved plaque removal efficacy

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 13, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2000, Pages

  Sharma, Naresh C ^a   Qaqish, Jimmy G ^a   Galustians, H Jack ^a   King, Dennis W ^c   Low, Mari Anne L ^b   Jacobs, Diane M ^b   Weber, David A ^b  

^a BioSci Research Canada Ltd   (Canada)

^b Oral B Laboratories   (United States)

^c STATKING Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVA; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOOTH; TOOTHBRUSHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034157666     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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