Pain and anxiety reduction using a manual stimulation distraction device when administering local analgesia oro-dental injections: A multi-center clinical investigation

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 88-92

  Touyz, L Z G ^a   Lamontagne, P ^a   Smith, B E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTIST; DEVICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEMORY; PAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ATTENTION; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 12344271851     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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