Mental nerve neuropathy: patient characteristics and neurosensory changes

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

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 364-370

  Kalladka, Mythili ^a   Proter, Noam ^b   Benoliel, Rafael ^c   Czerninski, Rakefet ^c   Eliav, Eli ^d  

^a Research Center   (India)

^b Orothodontics Department   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHIN; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INJURY; INNERVATION; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; NERVE FIBER; ORAL SURGERY; ORBIT; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHIN; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NERVE FIBERS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBIT; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 49049112627     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2007.12.037     Document Type: Article

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