Comparative assessment of the sealing ability of Nd:YAG laser versus a new desensitizing agent in human dentinal tubules: A pilot study

Odontology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-48

  Abed, Ahmad Moghareh ^a   Mahdian, Mina ^b   Seifi, Massoud ^b   Ziaei, Seyyed Ali ^c   Shamsaei, Maryam ^c  

^a Department of Periodontics   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c School of Dentistry ^*

Author keywords

Dentin hypersensitivity; Dentinal tubules; Nd:YAG laser; Sealing agent; SEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251590294     PISSN: 16181247     EISSN: 16181255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10266-010-0136-1     Document Type: Article

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