Effect of low-level laser treatment on neurosensory deficits subsequent to saggittal split ramus osteotomy

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 132-138

  Khullar, Shelley M ^a   Emami, Babak ^a   Westermark, Anders ^a   Haanæs, Hans R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INJURY; LASER; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LASERS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030208026     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(96)80215-0     Document Type: Article

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