One- and 3-minute plaque removal by a battery-powered versus a manual toothbrush

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1107-1113

  Williams, Karen ^a   Ferrante, Anita ^a   Dockter, Kathy ^a   Haun, Jan ^a   Biesbrock, Aaron R ^b   Bartizek, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Comparison studies; Dental plaque prevention and control; Toothbrushing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 4644341834     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2004.75.8.1107     Document Type: Article

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