Plaque removal efficacy of a prototype power toothbrush compared to a positive control manual toothbrush

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 223-227

  Williams, Karen ^b   Haun, Jan ^c   Dockter, Kathy ^c   Ferrante, Anita ^c   Bartizek, Robert D ^a   Biesbrock, Aaron R ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b Clinical Research Center

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLORING AGENTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0346246975     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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