Plaque removal efficacy of power and manual toothbrushes: A comparative study

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-381

  Pizzo, Giuseppe ^a   Licata, Maria Ester ^a   Pizzo, Ignazio ^a   D'Angelo, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Manual toothbrush; Plaque index; Plaque removal; Power toothbrush; Randomised, crossover single use study; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DENTAL DEVICE; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE; DEVICE SAFETY; DEVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHBRUSHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954864033     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-009-0303-3     Document Type: Article

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