Effects of low power Er:YAG laser on the tooth pulp-evoked jaw-opening reflex

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 169-172

  Zeredo, Jorge L ^a   Sasaki, Katia M ^a   Fujiyama, Rie ^a   Okada, Yukio ^a   Toda, Kazuo ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erbium; Laser therapy; Orofacial pain; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTISTRY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERBIUM YAG LASER; INCISOR; JAW OPENING REFLEX; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOOTH PULP;

ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; DENTAL PULP; JAW; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; REFLEX;

EID: 0141997137     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10217     Document Type: Article

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