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An Update on Oral Hygiene Products and Techniques

From Volume 35, Issue 4, May 2008 | Pages 270-279

Authors

Emma Laing

BDS, MFDS RCS(Eng)

Specialist Registrar in Orthodontics, Eastman Dental Hospital, London

Articles by Emma Laing

Paul Ashley

BDS, PhD, FDS RCSEd, FDS (Paed Dent) RCS, FHEA, BDS, PhD, FDS PaedDent

Clinical Lecturer, Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London

Articles by Paul Ashley

Daljit Gill

BDS(Hons), BSc(Hons), MSc, FDS RCS, MOrth RCS, FDS(Orth) RCS(Eng), FHEA

Locum Consultant Orthodontist, The Royal London, Oxford Radcliffeand Stoke Mandeville Hospitals

Articles by Daljit Gill

Farhad Naini

BDS, FDS RCS, MSc, MOrth, FDSOrth RCS

Consultant Orthodontist, Kingston Hospital and St George's Hospital

Articles by Farhad Naini

Abstract

The aim of this article is to update the reader on oral hygiene products and techniques. The evidence relating to the range of toothbrushing, interdental cleaning products and chemotherapeutic agents currently on the market will be discussed. It will be seen that choice of many of the oral hygiene products currently on the market is still largely a matter of personal preference.

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