One-year compliance and effects of amine and stannous fluoride on some salivary biochemical constituents and oral microbes in institutionalized elderly

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 32-36

  Meurman, Jukka H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amine fluoride; Compliance; Elderly; Oral hygiene aids; Stannous fluoride

Indexed keywords

AMINE; MERIDOL; SALIVA PROTEIN; TIN FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL CARE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SALIVA; TOOTH PLAQUE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINES; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL PLAQUE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTHWASHES; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS; TIN FLUORIDES; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 0035755231     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2001.tb00221.x     Document Type: Article

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