Endodontic treatment in cases of allergic reaction to rubber dam

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 787-789

  Kosti, Eleni ^a   Lambrianidis, Theodor ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIP DISEASE; SAFETY; STOMATITIS; SURGICAL GLOVE; TONGUE DISEASE;

AGED; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; LIP DISEASES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; RUBBER DAMS; SAFETY; STOMATITIS; TONGUE DISEASES; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0036835307     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200211000-00010     Document Type: Article

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