Approximal caries increment in two cohorts of schoolchildren after discontinuation of a professional flossing program with chlorhexidine gel

Caries Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 350-356

  Gisselsson, Hans ^a   Emilson, Claes Göran ^b   Birkhed, Dowen ^b   Björn, Anna Lisa ^c  

^a Public Dental Service   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Approximal caries; Caries prevention; Chlorhexidine gel; Flossing; Long term effect

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DEVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GELS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

EID: 23944444035     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086840     Document Type: Article

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