Periodontal healing after non-surgical therapy with a new ultrasonic device: A randomized controlled clinical trial

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-147

  Christgau, M ^a,b   Manner T ^a   Beuer, S ^a   Hiller, K A ^a   Schmalz, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Clinical trials; Periodontal therapy; Periodontitis; Scaler non surgical periodontal therapy; Sonic; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTITIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BACTEROIDES; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; ROOT PLANING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33846391889     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2006.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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