Clinical evaluation of the efficacy of neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd: YAG) laser therapy and sensikin ® in treatment of dentine hypersensitivity

Journal of Lasers in Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 61-66

  Abed, Ahmad Moghareh ^a   Naghsh, Narges ^a   Birang, Reza ^a   Shafiei, Fatemeh ^c   Seifi, Massoud ^b   Yaghini, Jaber ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dentine hypersensitivity; Laser therapy.; Nd: YAG laser

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865131032     PISSN: 20089783     EISSN: 22286721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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