Arginine-containing desensitizing toothpaste for the treatment of dentin hypersensitivity: A meta-analysis

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-14

  Yang, Zheng Yan ^a,b   Wang, Fei ^a,b   Lu, Keke ^a,b   Li, Yue Heng ^a,b   Zhou, Zhi ^a,b  

^a School of Stomatology   (China)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arginine containing toothpastes; Dentin hypersensitivity; Meta analysis; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959342596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CCIDE.S95660     Document Type: Article

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