The Application of Tooth Temperature Measurement in Endodontic Diagnosis: A Review

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1435-1440

  Jafarzadeh, Hamid ^a   Udoye, Christopher I ^b   Kinoshita, Jun Ichiro ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endodontic diagnosis; pulp vitality; thermography; tooth temperature

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETER; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; DENTAL PULP; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; HUMANS; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS; TOOTH, NONVITAL;

EID: 56249109783     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2008.09.011     Document Type: Review

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