Salvadora Persica extract chewing gum and gingival health: Improvement of gingival and probe-bleeding index

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 121-123

  Amoian, Babak ^a   Moghadamnia, Ali Akbar ^a   Barzi, Soozan ^b   Sheykholeslami, Sepideh ^b   Rangiani, Afsaneh ^c  

^a Periodontology dept   (Iran)

^b General practitioners private section   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Gingivitis; Hygiene; Misvak

Indexed keywords

DRUG CARRIER; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTICS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALVADORACEAE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADOLESCENT; CHEWING GUM; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL SCALING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG CARRIERS; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SALVADORACEAE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77954455923     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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