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Section Type: METHODS

Text: In this randomized, parallel-group, examiner-blind, eight-week study, 179 subjects with gingivitis had a dental prophylaxis and were randomly assigned to one of six product combinations : 1) Colgate Wave manual toothbrush + Colgate Total dentifrice (0. 3 % triclosan/copolymer dentifrice) ; 2) Wave + Total + Listerine (essential oils rinse) ; 3) Oral-B CrossAction manual toothbrush + Crest Pro-Health dentifrice (0. 454 % stannous fluoride/sodium hexametaphosphate) ; 4) CrossAction + Pro-Health dentifrice + Crest Pro-Health Rinse (0. 07 % cetylpyridinium chloride rinse) ; 5) Oral-B ProfessionalCare Series 8000 power toothbrush + Pro-Health dentifrice ; or 6) ProfessionalCare power brush + Pro-Health dentifrice + Oral-B Hummingbird power flosser.