Comparative effect of chewing sticks and toothbrushing on plaque removal and gingival health

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-307

  Al Otaibi, Meshari ^a   Al Harthy, Mohammed ^b   Söder, Birgitta ^a   Gustafsson, Anders ^a   Angmar Månsson, Birgit ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b AL NOOR SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chewing stick; Miswak; Oral hygiene; Plaque; Salvadora persica

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUTH HYGIENE; OLEACEAE; PERIODONTICS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; COLORING AGENTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OLEACEAE; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 10444242399     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a8667     Document Type: Article

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