In vitro antimicrobial comparison of chlorhexidine, persica mouthwash and miswak extract

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-152

  Moeintaghavi, Amir ^a   Arab, Hamidreza ^b   Khajekaramodini, Mehrangiz ^c   Hosseini, Rohollah ^d   Danesteh, Hossein ^e   Niknami, Hamed ^f  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chlorhexidine; Miswak extract; Persica mouthwash

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860722512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1111     Document Type: Article

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