Quantification and analysis of pain in nonsurgical scaling and/or root planing

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1747-1754

  Magnusson, Ingvar ^a   Jeffcoat, Marjorie K ^b,c   Donaldson, David ^d   Otterbom, Ingrid L ^e   Henriksson, Jan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTITIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; TOOTH PAIN; TOOTH ROOT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 11844249370     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2004.0129     Document Type: Article

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