Closing the gap between oral hygiene and minimally invasive dentistry: A review on the resin infiltration technique of incipient (proximal) enamel lesions

Quintessence International

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 663-681

  Kielbassa, Andrej M ^a   Müller, Jan ^a   Gernhardt, Christian R ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enamel; Fluoride; Minimal intervention dentistry; Remineralization; Resin infiltration; Subsurface caries lesion

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE VARNISH; RESIN;

ATRAUMATIC RESTORATIVE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL ACID ETCHING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENAMEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; POROSITY; REVIEW; TOOTH PERMEABILITY; VISCOSITY;

ACID ETCHING, DENTAL; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL ATRAUMATIC RESTORATIVE TREATMENT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL ENAMEL PERMEABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; ORAL HYGIENE; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; POROSITY; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77957954136     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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