Comparison of a new dental trauma splint device (TTS) with three commonly used splinting techniques

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 266-274

  Von Arx, Thomas ^a,b   Filippi, Andreas ^b   Lussi, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dental trauma splint; Experimental study; Periotest; Splinting method; Tooth mobility

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; PROTEMP; RESIN; TETRIC; TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL DEBONDING; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; INSTRUMENTATION; MAXILLA; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLINT; STATISTICS; TIME; TOOTH INJURY; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL DEBONDING; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; MAXILLA; ORAL HYGIENE; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTAL POCKET; SPLINTS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TOOTH INJURIES; TOOTH MOBILITY; TOOTH REPLANTATION;

EID: 0035654393     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-9657.2001.170605.x     Document Type: Article

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