The release of vitamin C from chewing gum and its effects on supragingival calculus formation

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-27

  Lingström, Peter ^a   Fure, Solveig ^a   Dinitzen, Bettina ^b   Fritzne, Christina ^a   Klefbom, Carin ^a   Birkhed, Dowen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Calculus; Carbamide; Chewing gum; Oral hygiene; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; IODINE; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG RELEASE; FEMALE; GINGIVA; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STONE FORMATION; TITRIMETRY; TONGUE; TOOTH; TOOTH PLAQUE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHEWING GUM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CUSPID; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DIFFUSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG STABILITY; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; INCISOR; IODINE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; UREA;

EID: 14644398583     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2004.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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