An algometer for intraoral pain tolerance measurements

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-139

  Gibbs, Charles H ^a   Karpinia, Katherine ^a   Moorhead, Jacquelyn E ^b   Maruniak, Joyce W ^b   Heins, Paul J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algometer; Intraoral pain tolerance; Pain assessment; Periodontal probing; Probing pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE; TOOTH PAIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIODONTAL INDEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032709710     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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