Local anesthetic efficacy for oral surgery: Comparison of diphenhydramine and prilocaine

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

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-30

  Uckan, Sina ^a   Guler, Nurhan ^a   Sumer, Mahmut ^a   Ungor, Mete ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PRILOCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; TIME; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH PULP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BICUSPID; DENTAL PULP; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; MOLAR, THIRD; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRILOCAINE; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0032110504     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(98)90145-7     Document Type: Article

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