Patients' experience of pain and discomfort during instrumentation in the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of periodontitis

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1465-1470

  van Steenberghe, Daniel ^a   Garmyn, Peter ^a   Geers, Lut ^a,b   Hendrickx, Elke ^a,b   Maréchal, Marina ^a,b   Huizar, Karin ^c   Kristofferson, Ann ^c   Meyer Rosberg, Karin ^c   Vandenhoven, Guy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AstraZeneca ^*

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, local; Comparison studies; Pain prevention and control; Periodontal pockets therapy; Periodontitis therapy; Planing; Scaling

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERIODONTITIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TOOTH PLAQUE;

EID: 10944274052     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2004.75.11.1465     Document Type: Article

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