Safety of three toothbrushes

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 123-126

  He, Tao ^a   Carpinello, Lisa ^a   Baker, Robert ^a   Knippenberg, Susan ^a   Das, Anita ^b   Winston, Leslie ^a   McClanahan, Stephen ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b Procter and Gamble Company ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH ULCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ORAL ULCER; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0035376123     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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