Short-term anti-plaque effect of two chlorhexidine varnishes

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 899-904

  Cosyn, Jan ^a   Wyn, Iris ^a   De Rouck, Tim ^a   Collys, Kris ^a   Bottenberg, Peter ^a   Matthijs, Stefan ^a   Sabzevar, Mehran Moradi ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anti plaque effect; Automatic image analysis; Chlorhexidine varnish; Clinical study

Indexed keywords

CERVITEC; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EC40 DENTAL VARNISH; THYMOL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTHWASHES; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYMOL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22444435298     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2005.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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