The pulpal anesthetic efficacy of articaine versus lidocaine in dentistry a meta-analysis

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 493-504

  Brandt, Ryan G ^a   Anderson, Patricia F ^a   McDonald, Neville J ^a   Sohn, Woosung ^a   Peters, Mathilde C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Articaine; Lidocaine; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958139324     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2011.0219     Document Type: Review

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