The validity of pulp testing: A clinical study

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1013-1017

  Weisleder, Rebeca ^a   Yamauchi, Shizuko ^a   Caplan, Daniel J ^b   Trope, Martin ^c   Teixeira, Fabricio B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental pulp test; Diagnostic tests; Endodontic therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749094492     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2009.0312     Document Type: Article

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