Effect of HeNe and pulsed Nd:YAG laser irradiation on intradental nerve responses to mechanical stimulation of dentine

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-249

  Orchardson, Robert ^a   Whitters, C John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dentine Sensitivity; HeNe laser; Hypersensitive dentine; Nd:YAG laser; Tooth pulp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; DENTIN; FEMALE; FERRET; HELIUM NEON LASER; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CUSPID; DENTAL PULP; DENTIN; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FERRETS; LASERS; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034034018     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(2000)26:3<241::AID-LSM1>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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