Subjective intensity of pain during ultrasonic supragingival calculus removal

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 668-672

  Braun, Andreas ^a   Jepsen, Søren ^a   Krause, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calculus removal; Inter modal intensity comparison; Pain assessment; Ultrasonic instrumentation; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTITIS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH PAIN; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIODONTAL POCKET; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTHACHE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 34547155522     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2007.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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