Comfort and discomfort of dental trauma splints - A comparison of a new device (TTS) with three commonly used splinting techniques

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 275-280

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dental trauma splint; Discomfort; Splinting method; Subjective assessment

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; PROTEMP; RESIN; TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EATING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; INCISOR; LIP; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIODONTIC DEVICE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH DISORDER; SPLINT; SPLINTING; TECHNIQUE; TOOTH INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPOSITE RESINS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL HYGIENE; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIODONTAL SPLINTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TITANIUM; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 0036801094     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-9657.2002.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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