The effect of a color-changing toothbrush with and without instruction on the duration of toothbrushing.
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Introduction Toothbrush design, 1, 2 brushing method,3, 4 manipulative skills of the child, 5,6 parental involvement/brushing instruction, 8 and brushing duration9,1° are most cited as determinants of toothbrushing efficacy. Of these, Honkala11 and coworkers found that brushing duration was consistently correlated with plaque removal in children. Further, the brushing times produced a nearly perfect monotonic progression of plaque reduction2 °
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Pediatric dentistry
دوره 16 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994