Efficacy of traditional chewing sticks in plaque control

dc.contributor.author	Kaimenyi Jacob T.
dc.contributor.author	Wagaiyu Evelyn G.
dc.contributor.author	Ndungu, F L
dc.date.accessioned	2013-02-22T06:24:21Z
dc.date.issued	1987-09
dc.identifier.citation	East African Medical Journal VoL 64 No.9 September 1987	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10684
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3333346
dc.description	Review article: Efficacy of traditional chewing sticks in plaque control	en
dc.description.abstract	Recent literature is full of reports on the efficiency in plaque control and the antibacterial properties of "chewing sticks". But there has been lack of unanimity on the effectiveness of chewing sticks in plaque control when compared with tooth brushes. Besides, antibacterial properties have been tested on microbiota which have never been closely associated with periodontitis. Therefore, this paper reviews the existing literature on the effectiveness of chewing sticks in plaque control and discusses some of the possible limitations of using chewing sticks.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	East African medical journal;VoL 64 No.9 September 1987
dc.title	Efficacy of traditional chewing sticks in plaque control	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.embargo.terms	6 months	en