Evaluation of toothache severity in children using a visual analogue scale of faces

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 485-491

  De Barrêtto, Eliane Paula Reis ^a   Ferreira, Efigênia Ferreira ^a   Pordeus, Isabela Almeida ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Severity; Toothache; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH PAIN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 13744255688     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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