Comparative evaluation of the effects of Nd:YAG and Er:YAG laser in dentin hypersensitivity treatment

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-24

  Birang, Reza ^a   Poursamimi, Jamshid ^a   Gutknecht, Norbert ^b   Lampert, Friedrich ^b   Mir, Maziar ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dentin hypersensitivity; Er:YAG Laser; Nd:YAG Laser

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; ERBIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NEODYMIUM; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847628802     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-006-0412-z     Document Type: Article

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