On the wettability of soft tissues in the human oral cavity

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 671-673

  Van Der Mei, Henny C ^a   White, Don J ^b   Busscher, Henk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Gingiva; Soft tissue; Toothpaste; Wettability

Indexed keywords

TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; EATING; GINGIVA; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; WETTABILITY;

DENTIFRICES; EATING; GINGIVA; HUMANS; WETTABILITY;

EID: 2942739353     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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