Occlusal Appliance Therapy in a Short-term Perspective in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders Correlated to Condyle Position

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-268

  Ekberg, EwaCarin ^a   Sabet, Mahmoud Eskafi ^a   Petersson, Arne ^a   Nilner, Maria ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 0032059785     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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