A randomized controlled clinical study evaluating the efficacy of two desensitizing dentifrices

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 82-87

  Salian, Sowmya ^a   Thakur, Srinath ^a   Kulkarni, Sudhindra ^a   Latorre, Guy ^b  

^a SDM COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NovaMin Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESENSITIZING AGENT; GLASS; NITRATE; NOVAMIN; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM NITRATE; SILICATE; TOOTHPASTE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH PERMEABILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTIFRICES; DENTIN; DENTIN DESENSITIZING AGENTS; DENTIN PERMEABILITY; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLASS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICATES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751511846     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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