Relationship between reported toothbrushing and dental caries in adults
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
- Vol. 8 (3) , 128-131
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1980.tb01272.x
Abstract
The relationship of toothbrushing to dental decay has remained unclear. An effort was made to throw more light on this problem. Clinical and interview data were obtained from 212 [human] males. Potential confounding risk indicators were controlled by a multivariate confounder summarizing score. The values of caries prevalence indicator were probably consistently higher for sporadic toothbrushers. The current study apparently provides evidence in favor of a positive association between toothbrushing and low caries prevalence.Keywords
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