Effectiveness of mechanical tongue cleaning on oral levels of volatile sulfur compounds

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1263-1267

  Seemann, Rainer ^a,b   Kison, Andi ^b   Bizhang, Mozhgan ^b   Zimmer, Stefan ^b  

^a MEDLive GmbH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DENTAL DEVICE; FEMALE; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONGUE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREATH TESTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; FEMALE; HALITOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; TONGUE; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0035460335     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2001.0369     Document Type: Article

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