Plaque removal using a battery-powered toothbrush compared to a manual toothbrush

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-25

  Mascarenhas, A K ^a   Soparkar, P ^b   Al Mutawaa, S ^c   Udani, T M ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Kuwait Forsyth   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; DENTAL CARE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX ROLE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; ELECTRICITY; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 19044378949     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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