Plaque removal with a novel manual toothbrush (X-Active) and the Braun Oral-B 3D Plaque Remover

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 138-144

  Danser, M M ^a   Timmerman, M F ^a   Jzerman, Y ^a   Piscaer, M I ^a   Van Der Velden, U ^a   Van Der Weijden, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Manual and electric toothbrush; Plaque removal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MANUAL TOOTHBRUSH; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REDUCTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; ADOLESCENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0038654209     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051X.2003.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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