A pilot assessment of alternative methods of quantifying dental pain with particular reference to dentine hypersensitivity

Community Dental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 92-96

  Gillam, D G ^a   Bulman, J S ^a   Newman, H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dentine hypersensitivity; Moving average analysis; Pain assessment; Verbal descriptors; Visual analogue scales

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TOOTHPASTE; WATER;

ADULT; AFFECT; AIR; ARTICLE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; FOOD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSATION; STIMULATION; TASTE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOUCH;

ADULT; AFFECT; AIR; COLD; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; FOOD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; SENSATION; TASTE; TERMINOLOGY; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE; TOUCH; WATER;

EID: 0031158992     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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