Professional brushing study comparing the effectiveness of sonic brush heads with manual toothbrushes: A single blinded, randomized clinical trial

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 451-460

  Pelka, Anna Kristina ^b   Nagler, Tonia ^a   Hopp, Imke ^a   Petschelt, Anselm ^a   Pelka, Matthias Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADA toothbrush; Brush head; Professional brushing; Sonic brushes; Time efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING; ULTRASONICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960114570     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-010-0411-0     Document Type: Article

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