Selective interference with pacemaker activity by electrical dental devices

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

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-36

  Miller, Craig S ^a   Leonelli, Fabio M ^b   Latham, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; ULTRASOUND;

ARRHYTHMIA; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SCALING; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0031601225     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(98)90394-8     Document Type: Article

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