Pain experienced by patients during periodontal recall examination using thinner versus thicker probes

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 980-984

  Hassan, Mohamed A ^a   Bogle, Gary ^a,b   Quishenbery, Mary ^b   Stephens, Denise ^b   Riggs, Matt ^a   Egelberg, Jan ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Delivery of dental care; Pain prevention and control; Periodontal probes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTICS; PHYSICIAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 21344435492     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2005.76.6.980     Document Type: Article

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