Maintenance of mouth hygiene in patients with oral cancer in the immediate post-operative period

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 170-173

  Chandu, A ^b   Stulner, C ^b   Bridgeman, A M ^b   Smith, A C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hygiene; Oral cancer; Post operative

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OXIDIZING AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH TUMOR; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; WOUND HEALING;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTAL PLAQUE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MOUTHWASHES; ORAL HYGIENE; OXIDANTS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POVIDONE-IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOOTHBRUSHING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036616309     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2002.tb00323.x     Document Type: Article

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