Influence of anesthetic flow rate delivered by the Wand Local Anesthetic System on pain response to palatal injections

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-20

  Primosch, Robert E ^a,b   Brooks, Richard ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MAXILLARY NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; OXIMETRY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALATE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MAXILLARY NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; OXIMETRY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALATE; RHEOLOGY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036463907     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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