Clinical efficacy of the Er:YAG laser treatment on hypersensitive dentin

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 388-391

  Yu, Chuan Hang ^a,b   Chang, Yu Chao ^a,b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dentin hypersensitivity; Er:YAG laser; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DENTIN; DENTIN HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; TOOTH PAIN; TOOTH PULP; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; SOLID STATE LASER; THERAPEUTIC USE;

DENTIN SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84899930419     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: 18760821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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