Comparative clinical evaluation of gallium-aluminum-arsenide diode laser and potassium nitrate in treating dentinal hypersensitivity

Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 391-397

  Tevatia, Siddharth ^a   Khatri, Vivek ^a   Sharma, Nikhil ^a   Dodwad, Vidya ^a  

^a Centre for Dental Studies   (India)

Author keywords

Dentinal hypersensitive patients; diode and chemical agent synergism; randomized clinical study; visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041893676     PISSN: 0972124X     EISSN: 09751580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/jisp.jisp_310_16     Document Type: Article

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