Interdental brushing for the prevention and control of periodontal diseases and dental caries in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Poklepovic, Tina ^a   Worthington, Helen V ^b   Johnson, Trevor M ^c   Sambunjak, Dario ^a   Imai, Pauline ^d   Clarkson, Jan E ^e   Tugwell, Peter ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculty of General Dental Practice   (United Kingdom)

^d MTI Community College   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PREVENTION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DISEASE CONTROL; FLOSSING; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; INTERDENTAL BRUSHING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; DENTAL DEVICE; EQUIPMENT; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE;

ADULT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84897368193     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009857.pub2     Document Type: Review

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