Stimulation of salivary flow with a powered toothbrush in a xerostomia population

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 241-246

  Papas, Athena ^a   Singh, Mabi ^a   Harrington, Dorothy ^a   Rodriguez, Sally ^b   Ortblad, Katherine ^b   De Jager, Marco ^b   Nunn, M ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric toothbrush; Electrostimulation; Saliva flow; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846405284     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2006.tb01661.x     Document Type: Article

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