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PLAQUE CONTROL [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conservative Dentistry
DEF

briefly, ... a method of removing bacterial plaque from teeth in order to help prevent tooth diseases.

CONT

Plaque control is the professionally activated motivation of the patient to learn and practice the control and prevention of dental and periodontal diseases (oral hygiene).

CONT

With the advent of antibiotics a few decades ago, investigators incorporated them into dentifrices and troches in an attempt to alter the plaque. The results of those tests in terms of plaque control and disease reduction were equivocal.

OBS

plaque: a film of mucus harboring bacteria on a tooth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie conservatrice
OBS

Lorsqu'il s'agit, non pas du détartrage, mais de l'action éducative entreprise auprès des patients ou du public en général.

Spanish

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