Can toothpaste or a toothbursh with antibacterial tufts prevent toothbrush contamination?

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 312-322

  Quirynen, Marc ^a   De Soete, Marc ^a   Pauwels, Martine ^c   Gizani, Sotiria ^b   Van Meerbeek, Bart ^a   van Steenberghe, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bacteria drug effects; Bacterial translocation; Disinfection; Oral hygiene; Toothbrushing; Toothpaste

Indexed keywords

AMINE; ASCORBYL PALMITATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CITRIC ACID; EXCIPIENT; FLUORIDE; FLUOROPHOSPHATE; ISETHIONIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLYAMINOPROPYL BIGUANIDE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; STANNOUS FLUORIDE; SURFACTANT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOCOPHEROL; TOOTHPASTE; BIOMATERIAL; DISINFECTANT AGENT; TIN FLUORIDE;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; MALE; PERIODONTITIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOOTH BRUSHING; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AMINES; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL ADHESION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTANTS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTITIS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIN FLUORIDES; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 0037828824     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2003.74.3.312     Document Type: Article

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