Examining the safety of dental treatment in pregnant women

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 685-695

  Michalowicz, Bryan S ^a   Diangells, Anthony J ^b   John Novak, M ^c,d   Buchanan, William ^e   Papapanou, Panos N ^f   Mitchell, Dennis A ^f,g   Curran, Alice E ^h   Lupo, Virginia R ^b   Ferguson, James E ⁱ   Bofill, James ^e   Matseoane, Stephen ^j   Deinard Jr , Amos S ^a   Rogers, Tyson B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Periodontics ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g Section of Oral and Diagnostic Sciences

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^j Harlem Hospital   (United States)

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Author keywords

Dental care; Local anesthetics; Periodontics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Preterm labor, safety management; Topical anesthetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649083603     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2008.0250     Document Type: Article

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