Personal reflections on a sensitive subject

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 292-295

  Markowitz, K ^a   Pashley, D H ^b  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentin; Dentinal fluid; Hydrodynamic; Nerves; Odontoblasts; Pain; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT; NITRATE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM NITRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH PERMEABILITY; TOOTH PULP;

ANIMALS; DENTAL PULP; DENTIN PERMEABILITY; DENTIN SENSITIVITY; DENTINAL FLUID; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NITRATES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SMEAR LAYER;

EID: 34247247353     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910708600401     Document Type: Article

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