The overview: an article that interrogates the literature.
Although the question on the efficacy of chlorhexidine therapy for the clinician's adult patient may not have been totally answered, a greater perspective on this treatment modality was gained by the reader because of the quality of the overview cited, and the evidence-based approach used by the authors in performing the overview.
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Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., USA.
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