Plaque Removal Efficacy of a New Experimental Battery-Powered Toothbrush Relative to Two Advanced-Design Manual Toothbrushes

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 191-197

  Haun, Jan ^a   Williams, Karen ^a   Friesen, Lynn ^a   Ferrante, Anita ^a   Walters, Patricia A ^b   Bartizek, Robert D ^b   Biesbrock, Aaron R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0036987401     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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