Four-Month Assessment of the Dentrust and Oral-B P35 Toothbrushes in Orthodontic Patients

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 95-99

  Yankell, S L ^a   Greco, M R ^b   Lucash, D A ^b   Emling, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b International Dental Research Ltd ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL PLAQUE; DEVICE SAFETY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PERIODONTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PERIODONTAL INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOOTHBRUSHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14844284708     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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