Evaluation of patient perceptions of frenectomy: A comparison of Nd:YAG laser and conventional techniques

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-152

  Kara, Cankat ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

FRENECTOMY; MUCOGINGIVAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT PERCEPTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN;

LASER SURGERY;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; LIP; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MANDIBLE RESECTION; MAXILLA RESECTION; NEODYMIUM LASER; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LABIAL FRENUM; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049084808     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2007.2153     Document Type: Article

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