The elmex® SENSITIVE toothbrush: Effect on plaque reduction and subjective satisfaction after two months

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-27

  Sgan Cohen, Harold D ^a   Livny, Alon ^a   Vered, Yuval ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL DEVICE; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GINGIVAL RECESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 42149128265     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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