Ultrasonic dental scaler: Associated hazards

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-101

  Trenter, S C ^a   Walmsley, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Auditory; Cavitation; Ultrasound; Vibration

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOSAFETY; DENTISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMBASE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SINUS NODE; TEMPERATURE; TOOTH PULP; ULTRASOUND; VIBRATION; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; HEAT; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOISE INJURY; PATHOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DENTAL PULP; DENTAL SCALING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HEAT; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0037639821     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051X.2003.00276.x     Document Type: Review

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