Oral hygiene practices and status among orthodontic patients in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital
Background: Orthodontic treatment is performed to correct occlusal problems and improve the dentofacial complex; however, it comes with its peculiarities, such that patients require strict adherence to optimum oral hygiene. When oral hygiene is compromised during orthodontic treatment, accumulation...
Main Authors: | Anne Nkechi Ndukwe, Ifeoma Linda Utomi, Onyinye Dorothy Umeh, Kehinde Adesola Umeizudike |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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Series: | Nigerian Journal of Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2020;volume=29;issue=3;spage=384;epage=389;aulast=Ndukwe |
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