Desensitizing efficacy of a new dentifrice containing 5.0% potassium nitrate and 0.454% stannous fluoride

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 111-115

  Schiff, Thomas ^a   Bonta, Yolanda ^b   Proskin, Howard M ^b   DeVizio, William ^b   Petrone, Margaret ^b   Volpe, Anthony R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; COLGATE SENSITIVE; DRUG VEHICLE; FLUORIDE; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM NITRATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TIN FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEHICLES;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; DENTIFRICES; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS; TIN FLUORIDES; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEHICLES;

EID: 0034209307     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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