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The Food and Drug Administration cleared silver diamine fluoride for use as a tooth desensitizer for adults 21 and older.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2016

Dr. Hartman has tested his "desensitizer" on some 500 cases in his school's clinic, succeeded where the best previous methods had left the patient to suffer excruciating pain.

From Time Magazine Archive

Patent rights to the "desensitizer" have been assigned to Columbia which will, Dr. Hartman promised, soon make the stuff available for general use, protect the public from exploitation.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Many patients have purposely put off dental work until this desensitizer is available.

From Time Magazine Archive