The influence of gender and bruxism on human minimum interdental threshold ability

Journal of Applied Oral Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-228

  Calderon, Patrícia Dos Santos ^a   Kogawa, Evelyn Mikaela ^a   Santos Corpas, Lívia Dos ^a,b   Pereira Lauris, José Roberto ^a   Rodrigues Conti, Paulo César ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Lameda Octavio Pinheiro Brisolla   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bruxism; Differential threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649995813     PISSN: 16787757     EISSN: 16787765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-77572009000300018     Document Type: Article

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