In vitro evaluation of the cytotoxicity of a bleaching agent

Endodontics and Dental Traumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-25

  Koulaouzidou, E ^a,b   Lambrianidis, T ^a   Konstantinidis, A ^c   Kortsaris, A H ^b  

^a Department of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics ^*  (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c THEAGENIO CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bleaching agent; Cytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; PEROXIDE; UREA; UREA PEROXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DENTAL CARE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FIBROBLAST; HAMSTER; L CELL; MOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FIBROBLASTS; L CELLS (CELL LINE); LINEAR MODELS; MICE; PEROXIDES; TOOTH BLEACHING; UREA;

EID: 0031990258     PISSN: 01092502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.1998.tb00804.x     Document Type: Article

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