Plaque removal efficacy of a battery-operated power toothbrush compared to two control manual toothbrushes in single use studies

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 15, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2002, Pages

  Heins, Paul ^b   Bartizek, Robert D ^a   Walters, Patricia A ^a   Biesbrock, Aaron R ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLORING AGENTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTHBRUSHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036769654     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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