Clinical efficacy of a herbal dentifrice on dentinal hypersensitivity: A randomized controlled clinical trial

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 483-490

  Kumari, M ^a   Naik, S B ^a   Rao, N S ^a   Martande, S S ^a   Pradeep, A R ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; dentifrice; dentine desensitizing agents; potassium nitrate; Spinacia oleracea

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; NITRATE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM NITRATE; TOOTHPASTE; TRIKATU; TRIPHALA; WATER; ZINC OXIDE;

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; DENTINE DESENSITIZING AGENTS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EUGENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINACH;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTIFRICE; DENTINE DESENSITIZING AGENTS; POTASSIUM NITRATE; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

ADULT; AIR; ALKENES; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; DENTIFRICES; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUGENIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PIPERIDINES; PLANT EXTRACTS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SPINACIA OLERACEA; WATER; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84889636181     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: 18347819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adj.12109     Document Type: Article

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