Microbial contamination of toothbrushes with different principles of filament anchoring

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 758-765

  Wetzel, Willi Eckhard ^a   Schaumburg, Caroline ^a   Ansari, Franziska ^a   Kroeger, Torsten ^a   Sziegoleit, Andreas ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microbial contamination; Toothbrush filament anchoring; Toothbrushes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TECHNIQUE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

EID: 20544469692     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0259     Document Type: Article

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