Instant dentin hypersensitivity relief of a single topical application of an in-office desensitizing paste containing 8% arginine and calcium carbonate: A split-mouth, randomized-controlled study

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 994-999

  Kapferer, Ines ^a   Pflug, Claudia ^a   Kisielewsky, Irene ^a   Giesinger, Johannes ^a   Beier, Ulrike S ^a   Dumfahrt, Herbert ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dentin hypersensitivity; Desensitizing agents; Hyperesthesia

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; TOOTHPASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGININE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; TOOTHPASTES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877263641     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016357.2012.741701     Document Type: Article

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