Efficacy of ultrasonic, electric and manual toothbrushes in patients with fixed orthodontic appliances

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 361-366

  Costa, Mauricio Ribeiro ^a   Silva, Vanessa Camila ^a   Miqui, Miriam Nakatani ^b   Sakima, Tatsuko ^a   Spolidorio, Denise Madalena Palomari ^a   Cirelli, Joni Augusto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Department of Diagnosis and Surgery ^*

Author keywords

Electric toothbrushes; Fixed orthodontic appliance; Oral hygiene; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947263591     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/0003-3219(2007)077[0361:EOUEAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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