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The Cytobrush Plus cell collector in oral cytology
A C Jones1, F E Pink, P L Sandow
1Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
The Cytobrush Plus cell collector (cytobrush) was compared with the wooden tongue depressor during oral exfoliative cytology. The degree of patient discomfort, the convenience to the clinician, and the quantity and distribution of epithelial cells collected were evaluated. Two-factor analysis of variance and parametric and nonparametric analyses were performed. Because of the favorable findings revealed in this study, we recommend that the cytobrush be considered for use when obtaining diagnostic cytologic smears from the oral mucosa.