Subjective intensity of pain during the treatment of periodontal lesions with the Vector™-system

Journal of Periodontal Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-140

  Braun, Andreas ^a   Krause, Felix ^a   Nolden, Rolf ^a   Frentzen, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intermodal intensity comparison; Non surgical periodontal therapy; Ultrasonic instrument; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GINGIVA DISEASE; INSTRUMENTATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OSTEOLYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODONTITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL SCALING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GINGIVAL RECESSION; HUMANS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; ROOT PLANING; SENSATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0038622083     PISSN: 00223484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0765.2003.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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