Clinical Evaluation of self and professionally applied desensitizing agents in relieving dentin hypersensitivity after a single topical application: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages e339-e343

  Samuel, Srinivasa Raj ^a   Khatri, Sachin G ^a   Acharya, Shashidhar ^b  

^a Thai Moogambigai Dental College   (India)

^b MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Arginine; Dentine hypersensitivity; Desensitizing agents; Gluma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913526243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19895488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4317/jced.51439     Document Type: Article

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