Pain relief by single low-level laser irradiation in orthodontic patients undergoing fixed appliance therapy

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 371-377

  Turhani, Dritan ^a   Scheriau, Martina ^a   Kapral, David ^a   Benesch, Thomas ^a   Jonke, Erwin ^a   Bantleon, Hans Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH MOVEMENT;

EID: 33748465508     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2005.04.036     Document Type: Article

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