Oral PowderJect: A novel system for administering local anaesthetic to the oral mucosa

British Dental Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 536-539

  Duckworth, G M ^a,b   Millward, H R ^b   Potter, C D O ^b   Hewson, G ^b   Burkoth, T L ^b   Bellhouse, B J ^b,c  

^a Dental Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POWDER; PREMEDICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POWDERS; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032576264     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809857     Document Type: Article

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