Filament end-rounding quality in electric toothbrushes

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-32

  Meyer Lueckel, H ^a   Rieben, A S ^a   Kielbassa, A M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caries prevention; Filament end rounding; Scanning electron microscopy; Toothbrush

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENAMEL; GINGIVA; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 13244298316     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2004.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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