The effect of brushing time and dentifrice quantity on fluoride delivery in vivo and enamel surface microhardness in situ

Caries Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 90-100

  Zero, D T ^a   Creeth, J E ^b   Bosma, M L ^b   Butler, A ^b   Guibert, R G ^b   Karwal, R ^b   Lynch, R J M ^b   Martinez Mier, E A ^a   Gonzalez Cabezas C ^a   Kelly, S A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticaries efficacy; Brushing time; Dentifrice quantity; Fluoride delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549109692     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000284399     Document Type: Article

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