Evaluation of the ability of thermal and electrical tests to register pulp vitality

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 127-131

  Petersson, K ^a   Soderstrom C ^a   Kiani Anaraki, M ^a   Levy G ^b  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Dental pulp; Predictive value; Vitality testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TOOTH PULP DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; DENTAL PULP TEST; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH, NONVITAL;

EID: 0033145268     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.1999.tb00769.x     Document Type: Article

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