Listerine® Products: An Update on the Efficacy and Safety

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 367-373

  Vlachojannis, C ^a   Al Ahmad, A ^a   Hellwig, E ^a   Chrubasik, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

dental plaque formation; eucalyptol; gingivitis; Listerine ; menthol; methyl salicylate; safety; thymol

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDLINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXICOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL PLAQUE; DRUG COMBINATION; GINGIVITIS;

DRUG COMBINATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; LISTERINE; MOUTHWASH; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TERPENE;

DENTAL PLAQUE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; MOUTHWASHES; OILS, VOLATILE; ORAL HEALTH; SALICYLATES; TERPENES;

EID: 84969318944     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5555     Document Type: Article

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