Evidence-based guidelines for the care and maintenance of complete dentures: A publication of the American College of Prosthodontists

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 142, Issue , 2011, Pages 1S-20S

  Felton, David ^a   Cooper, Lyndon ^a,b   Duqum, Ibrahim ^a,b   Minsley, Glenn ^a,b   Guckes, Albert ^a,b   Haug, Steven ^a,c   Meredith, Patricia ^a,d   Solie, Caryn ^a,e   Avery, David ^a,f   Chandler, Nancy Deal ^a,b,g  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e Drake Precision Dental Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^f Drake Precision Dental Laboratory   (United States)

^g American College of Prosthodontists   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesives; biofilm; denture cleansers; denture rebasing; denture relining; denture repair; denture wear; Dentures; edentulism; stomatitis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; TOOTHPASTE; ZINC;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; DENTURE; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STOMATITIS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADHESIVES; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTURE CLEANSERS; DENTURE REBASING; DENTURE, COMPLETE; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; HUMANS; STOMATITIS, DENTURE; ZINC;

EID: 79955980434     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2011.0067     Document Type: Article

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