Tongue scrapping as a means of reducing oral mutans streptococci

Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-166

  White, George E ^a   Armaleh, Mirna T ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISTERINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTITION; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; SALIVA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL DEVICE; DRUG COMBINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONGUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; MOUTHWASHES; ORAL HYGIENE; SALICYLATES; SALIVA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TERPENES; TONGUE;

EID: 1442351889     PISSN: 10534628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.28.2.n18275821658263v     Document Type: Article

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