Low-level laser therapy for treatment of temporomandibular joint pain: a double-blind and placebo-controlled trial

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 452-456

  Emshoff, Rüdiger ^a   Bösch, Renato ^a   Pümpel, Eduard ^a   Schöning, Harald ^a   Strobl, Heinrich ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 40549100698     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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