Efficacy and Safety of BrushPicks, a New Cleaning Aid, Compared to the Use of Glide Floss

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 125-129

  Yankell, Samuel L ^a   Shi, Xiuren ^a   Emling, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b International Dental Research Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; COLORING AGENTS; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTIFRICES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL INDEX; TOOTHBRUSHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036371820     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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