Antimicrobial effectiveness of an herbal mouthrinse compared with an essential oil and a chlorhexidine mouthrinse

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 606-611

  Haffajee, Anne D ^a   Yaskell, Tina ^a   Socransky, Sigmund S ^a  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial mouthrinse; Natural oral antimicrobial agent; Oral bacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949182834     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2008.0222     Document Type: Article

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