Measure of the pressure pain threshold in human acute and chronic pulpal diseases

Pain Clinic

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-272

  Gorduysus, Melahat ^a   Avcu, Nihal ^a   Akbayrak, Türkan ^a   Gorduysus, Omer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute pulpitis; Chronic pulpitis; Pressure pain threshold

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PULPITIS; TOOTH;

EID: 18744365483     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856902320761504     Document Type: Article

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