Laboratory Evaluations of Two Battery-Powered Toothbrushes and a Manual Toothbrush for Efficacy and Safety

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 187-190

  Yankell, Samuel L ^a   Shi, Xiuren ^a   Emling, Robert C ^b   Blatz, Beverly ^c   Biesbrock, Aaron R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b International Dental Research Ltd   (United States)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH CALCULUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL DEPOSITS; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0036987399     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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