Effect of fluoridated toothpicks and dental flosses on enamel and dentine and on plaque composition in situ

Caries Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-59

  Sarner B ^a   Birkhed, D ^a,c   Huysmans, M C D N J M ^b   Ruben, J L ^b   Fidler, V ^b   Lingstrom P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Approximal caries; Dental floss; Dentine; Enamel; Fluoride; Toothpick, fluoridated

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMINERALIZATION; DENTAL FLOSS; DENTIN; DENTURE; DEVICE; DRUG EFFECT; ENAMEL; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SIMULATION; TOOTH PLAQUE; TOOTHPICK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM FLUORIDE; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 10844267303     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081657     Document Type: Article

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