A new ultrasonic device in maintenance therapy: Perception of pain and clinical efficacy

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 425-429

  Kocher, Thomas ^a   Fanghänel, Jutta ^a   Schwahn, Christian ^a   Rühling, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Maintenance; Pain; Ultrasonic scaler; Vas; Vector

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTAL SCALING; FACIAL PAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 17644380923     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2005.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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