Efficiency of occlusal appliance therapy in secondary otalgia and temporomandibular disorders

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 248-254

  Kuttila, Marjaana ^a   Le Bell, Yrsa ^b   Savolainen Niemi, Elina ^b   Kuttila, Seppo ^b   Alanen, Pentti ^b  

^a Otonhammas   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Active TMD treatment need; Clinical trial; Control splint; Secondary otalgia; Stabilization splint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OTALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLINT;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EARACHE; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPLINTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME;

EID: 0036691698     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163502760148034     Document Type: Article

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