Intra-operative pain perception in tooth extraction - Possible causes

International Dental Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 242-246

  Fagade, Olusegun Olanrewaju ^a,b   Oginni, Fadekemi Olufunmilayo ^a  

^a Obafemi Awolowo University ^*

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Intra operative dental pain; Tooth extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644510370     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2005.tb00322.x     Document Type: Article

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