Tooth brushing and oral health: How frequently and when should tooth brushing be performed?

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 135-140

  Attin, Thomas ^a   Hornecker, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frequency; Time point; Tooth brushing

Indexed keywords

DENTAL CARIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 33644796891     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a10636     Document Type: Article

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