The effect of chlorhexidine acetate/xylitol chewing gum on the plaque and gingival indices of elderly occupants in residential homes: A 1-year clinical trial

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1010-1015

  Simons, D ^a,b   Brailsford, S ^a   Kidd, E A M ^a   Beighton, D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Principal Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chewing gum; Chlorhexidine acetate; Clinical trial; Elderly people; Gingival index; Plaque index; Xylitol

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; SWEETENING AGENT; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; XYLITOL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVITIS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIODONTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; TOOTH PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEWING GUM; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVITIS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIODONTAL INDEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEETENING AGENTS; XYLITOL;

EID: 0035512779     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051x.2001.281104.x     Document Type: Article

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