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Flossing

Using dental floss, a string-like device, to remove plaque and food particles from between the teeth.
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2013
2013
Relationship between daily habits, Streptococcus mutans, and caries among schoolboys.
2005
2005
Teaching Oral Hygiene Skills to Elementary Students with Visual Impairments
This study investigated the effects of a program that taught oral hygiene skills to students with visual impairments using group… 
2000
2000
Adultos livres de cárie: estudo de casos e controles sobre conhecimentos, atitudes e práticas preventivas
Com o objetivo de investigar o efeito do conhecimento e atitudes pessoais, habitos de higiene oral e uso de fluoretos sobre a… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Evaluating dental office ergonomic. Risk factors and hazards.
Concerns about ergonomic risk factors have been growing among health care and other workers. The authors undertook a study to… 
1993
1993
Evaluating the efficacy of a new flossing aid.
The purpose of this clinical trial was to compare the efficacy of a new flossing aid (Flosser) with finger flossing on preventing… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
The relationship between American women's preventive dental behavior and dental health beliefs.
1981
1981
Increasing children's self-initiated compliance to dental regimens *
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Dental flossing and its relationship to transient bacteremia.
This study was designed to determine the role of dental flossing in producing transient bacteremias. An improved protocol that… 
1979
1979
Intraindividual effect of daily supervised flossing on caries in schoolchildren.
The aim was to study the effect of flossing on proximal caries in children grouped according to different combinations of dietary… 
1942
1942
The Science of Health*
For my annual wartime lecture I have chosen on this occasion a subject which, curious though it may seem, finds no special place… 
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