Phantom tooth pain: A diagnosis of exclusion

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 190-194

  Battrum, D E ^a   Gutmann, J L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deafferentation; Phantom tooth pain (PTP); Root canal treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENERVATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDODONTICS; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RETREATMENT; SENSORY NERVE; TOOTH PAIN;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; DENERVATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PULPECTOMY; RETREATMENT; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 0030132589     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.1996.tb01368.x     Document Type: Article

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