Sensory Testing of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injuries: A Review of Methods Used in Prospective Studies

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 292-300

  Poort, Lucas J ^a   van Neck, Johan W ^a   van der Wal, Karel G H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MOLAR TOOTH; NERVE INJURY; OSTEOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOLAR, THIRD; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCICEPTORS; OSTEOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149214028     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.06.076     Document Type: Article

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