Laser Doppler flowmetry: A clinical test of pulpal vitality

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

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 411-419

  Musselwhite, James M ^a   Klitzman, Bruce ^b   Maixner, William ^c   Burkes Jr , Ernest Jefferson ^c,d  

^a Duke University Medical Center ^*

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COLD; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STENT; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COLD; DENTAL PULP; DENTAL PULP TEST; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIDOCAINE; MALE; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STENTS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031252769     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90041-X     Document Type: Article

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