@Article{, title={Assessment of dentists self-performed plaque control measures in Mosul city}, author={Faiz A AL-SULTAN and Rafi A AL-TALIB and Baceer A ABDULLAH}, journal={Al-Rafidain Dental Journal مجلة الرافدين لطب الأسنان}, volume={1}, number={3}, pages={S313-S326}, year={2001}, abstract={A survey of (146) dentists in Mosul city was involved by questionnaire to evaluate the plaque control measures include brushing & interdental aids, the age range (23-58) years.The result of this survey revealed that (54%) of the sample brush their teeth once daily,(29%)&(17%) brush their teeth twice & more respectively. Significant difference was found between the frequency of brushing & the gender were female brushes their teeth more frequent than male,(74%) of the dentist select specific tooth paste, Signal &Sanino were the most frequent tooth pastes selected by the dentists.Also this study showed that (69%) of the dentists were used interdental aids,(51%) used dental floss,(18%) used toothpick,(66%) used it daily,(29%) weekly &(5%) monthly.

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