Efficacy of an electric toothbrush on plaque control compared to two manual toothbrushes

International Dental Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 131-135

  Parizi, Molook Torabi ^a   Mohammadi, Tayebeh Malek ^b   Afshar, Sanali Karimi ^b   Hajizamani, Abolghasem ^b   Tayebi, Mohammad ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dental plaque; electric toothbrushes; toothbrush

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL DEVICE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; IRAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHBRUSHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959619873     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: 1875595X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2011.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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