The effect of toothbrush design on the ability of nurses to brush the teeth of institutionalized cerebral palsy patients

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-27

  Yitzhak, Moran ^a   Sarnat, Haim ^a   Rakocz, Meir ^b   Yaish, Yaniv ^a   Ashkenazi, Malka ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Pediatric Dentistry Dental Clinic   (Israel)

Author keywords

gingivitis; handicapped; health providers; oral hygiene; plaque

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIODONTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTHBRUSHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871768886     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: 17544505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2012.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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