Injection pain: Comparison of three mandibular block techniques and modulation by nitrous oxide:oxygen

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 869-876

  Jacobs, Shawn ^a,b   Haas, Daniel A ^a   Meechan, John G ^c   May, Sherry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto ^*

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TITRIMETRY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INJECTION; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0142121312     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2003.0285     Document Type: Article

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