Clinical evaluation of a 3% potassium oxalate gel and a GaAlAs laser for the treatment of dentinal hypersensitivity

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 807-812

  Vieira, Alessandra Helen Magacho ^a   Passos, Vanara Florêncio ^a   De Assis, Jorgiana Silva ^a   Mendonça, Juliano Sartori ^b   Santiago, Sérgio Lima ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR BLAST; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROL GROUPS; DEGREE OF SENSITIVITY; PLACEBO GROUPS; POTASSIUM OXALATE; TACTILE STIMULI; VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE;

ALUMINUM ARSENIDE; DENTISTRY; DIAGNOSIS; GALLIUM; GELS; LASERS; POTASSIUM;

GELATION;

OXA GEL; OXALATE POTASSIUM; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; DENTIN HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLIUM ALUMINUM ARSENIDE LASER; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOOTH PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXALATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449120809     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2364     Document Type: Article

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