Discrimination of hardness by human teeth apparently not involving periodontal receptors

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Paphangkorakit, J ^a   Osborn, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bite force; Mechanoreceptors; Pressure; Pulp; Teeth

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; BITE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCISOR; INNERVATION; MALE; MASTICATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOLAR TOOTH; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN; TRANSDUCER;

ACRYLIC RESINS; BITE FORCE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HARDNESS; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MOLAR; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PRESSURE; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; RUBBER; TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0031892929     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(97)00090-3     Document Type: Article

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