A Six-Week Study to Evaluate the Anticalculus Efficacy of a Chewing Gum Containing Pyrophosphate and Tripolyphosphate

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-13

  Porciani, Pier Francesco ^a   Grandini, Simone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLGATE; DENTRIFICE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; PYROPHOSPHATE; TOOTHPASTE; TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLACEBO; POLYPHOSPHATE; TRIPHOSPHORIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DENTISTRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STONE ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TOOTH CALCULUS;

ADULT; CHEWING GUM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL CALCULUS; DIPHOSPHATES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; POLYPHOSPHATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037945825     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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