Effects of 0.2% chlorhexidine spray applied once or twice daily on plaque accumulation and gingival inflammation in a geriatric population

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 773-777

  Clavero, Javier ^a   Baca, Pilar ^a,b   Junco, Pilar ^a   González, Ma Paloma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine spray; Elderly; Gingival index; Plaque index

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUTH HYGIENE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AEROSOLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PLACEBOS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0346364810     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051X.2003.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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