The use of gutta-percha for obturation during root canal therapy in latex-allergic patients

General Dentistry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-339

  Hook, Dov ^a   Fishelberg, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GUTTA PERCHA; LATEX; PREDNISONE; RUBBER; STARCH;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DYSPNEA; ENDODONTICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FEVER; GLOVE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; MOLAR TOOTH; PAIN; POWDER; SAFETY; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; TOOTH ROOT; TREATMENT INDICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW;

CROSS REACTIONS; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; GUTTA-PERCHA; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; ROOT CANAL OBTURATION;

EID: 2142708032     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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