Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
6 (1978), S. 0
ISSN:
1600-0528
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
abstract This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a single dental health instruction on gingivitis in an adult population. Ninety-eight army recruits from two military-camps were randomly allocated to four groups, a control group, a group that received a professional prophylaxis, a group that received dental health care instruction and a group that had both a prophylaxis and dental health care instruction. Treatment effects were measured 1 week, 1 month and 3 months after the initial examinations. The single prophylaxis resulted in a small temporary improvement. The effect of the single dental health care instruction was also small, but lasted until the end of the trial. A single instruction plus prophylaxis resulted in the clearest improvement, which was still present after 3 months. It can be concluded that any single treatment should at least consist of dental health care instruction plus a prophylaxis.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1978.tb01144.x
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