Bristle end rounding of manual toothbrushes and reproducibility of end rounding classification

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 299-304

  Jung, Martin ^a   Koçkapan, Cengiz ^a   Wetzel, Willi Eckhart ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 17944392751     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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