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A COMPARISON OF TWO ORAL HYGIENE INDEXES FOR MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DENTAL FLOSS IN PLAQUE REMOVAL
Author(s) -
Anaise J. Z.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of public health dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1752-7325
pISSN - 0022-4006
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1977.tb02877.x
Subject(s) - hebrew , dental floss , citation , oral hygiene , medicine , unit (ring theory) , dental hygiene , family medicine , dentistry , psychology , library science , history , computer science , classics , mathematics education
The purpose of the present study was to compare the OHI-S and the two versions of PHP Index in measuring the effectiveness of dental floss in the removal of dental plaque. The study demonstrated that the PHP Index provides a higher sensitivity than the OHI-S in measuring the effectiveness of approximal cleansing aids, such as dental floss. This, it seems that using the PHP Index in dental floss studies is preferable to using the OHI-S.