Clinical evaluation of lasers and sodium fluoride gel in the treatment of dentine hypersensitivity

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-91

  Ipci, Sebnem Dirikan ^a   Cakar, Gokser ^a   Kuru, Bahar ^b   Yilmaz, Selcuk ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTER TREATMENTS; AIR BLASTS; CLINICAL EVALUATIONS; COLD AIRS; CONTINUOUS WAVE MODES; DEGREE OF DISCOMFORTS; DENTINE HYPERSENSITIVITIES; ER: YAG; ER:YAG LASERS; FOUR POINTS; SCANNING SPEED; SODIUM FLUORIDES; THERMAL SENSITIVITIES; TREATMENT MODALITIES;

ERBIUM; GELATION; GELS; SODIUM; VIBRATION CONTROL;

LASERS;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; GELS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, GAS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SODIUM FLUORIDE;

EID: 61649102466     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2263     Document Type: Article

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