Atmospheric contamination during ultrasonic scaling

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 458-462

  Timmerman, M F ^a   Menso, L ^a   Steinfort, J ^a   Van Winkelhoff, A J ^a   Van Der Weijden, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Microorganisms; Ultrasonic scaler

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUTH; PERIODONTITIS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; TOOTH PLAQUE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGED; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTITIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUCTION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 2942628332     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2004.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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