The effect of electrical dental equipment on a vagus nerve stimulator's function

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1657-1664

  Roberts, Howard W ^a  

^a USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SURGERY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROSURGERY; EPILEPSY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VAGUS NERVE;

DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL PULP TEST; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTAL SCALING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROSURGERY; EPILEPSY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; LIGHTING; OSCILLOMETRY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0038380378     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2002.0116     Document Type: Article

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