Powered versus manual toothbrushing for oral health (Review)

• Main Authors: Yaacob, Munirah, Worthington, Helen V., Deacon, Scott A., Deery, Chris, Walmsley, Damien A., Robinson, Peter G., Glenny, Anne-Marie
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2014
• Subjects: RK Dentistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/37370/4/37370_Powered%20versus%20manual%20toothbrushing%20for%20oral%20health_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37370/10/37370_Powered%20versus%20manual%20toothbrushing%20for%20oral%20health.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37370/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD002281.pub3/epdf
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Background Removing dental plaque may play a key role maintaining oral health. There is conflicting evidence for the relative merits of manual and powered toothbrushing in achieving this. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2003, and previously updated in 2005. Objectives To...