Efficiency of the Vector™-system compared with conventional subgingival debridement in vitro and in vivo

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 568-574

  Braun, Andreas ^a,b   Krause, Felix ^a   Hartschen, Vera ^a   Falk, Wolfgang ^a   Jepsen, Søren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D laser scanning; Calculus removal; Planimetry; Subgingival plaque; Ultrasonic instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTEROIDES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTICS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH CALCULUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BACTEROIDES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CALCULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; SUBGINGIVAL CURETTAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33746218684     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2006.00960.x     Document Type: Article

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