Powered versus manual toothbrushing for oral health

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Yaacob, Munirah ^a   Worthington, Helen V ^b   Deacon, Scott A ^c   Deery, Chris ^d   Walmsley, A Damien ^e   Robinson, Peter G ^d   Glenny, Anne Marie ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EVENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVAL INDEX; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; OSCILLATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTITIS; PLAQUE INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ROTATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; ULTRASOUND; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; DENTAL DEVICE; DENTAL PLAQUE; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PROCEDURES;

DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84961312879     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002281.pub3     Document Type: Review

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