Toothbrush design: Adapting for the future

International Dental Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 519-525

  Savill, G ^a   Grigor, J ^a   Huntingdon, E ^a   Jackson, R ^b   Lynch, E ^c  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2542524719     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595x.1998.tb00499.x     Document Type: Article

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