Efficacy of two different CHX-containing desensitizers: A controlled double-blind study

Operative Dentistry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-171

  Drebenstedt, S ^a   Zapf, A ^a,b   Rodig T ^a   Mausberg, R F ^a   Ziebolz, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE, THYMOL DRUG COMBINATION; DESENSITIZING AGENT; PLACEBO; POLY(VINYL CHLORIDE) POLY(VINYL ACETATE) COPOLYMER; POLY(VINYL CHLORIDE)-POLY(VINYL ACETATE) COPOLYMER; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; THYMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH CERVIX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHLORHEXIDINE; DENTIN; DENTIN DESENSITIZING AGENTS; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; POLYVINYLS; THYMOL; TOOTH CERVIX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860831236     PISSN: 03617734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2341/10-231-C     Document Type: Article

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