Physical neurosensory testing versus current perception threshold assessment in trigeminal nerve injuries related to dental treatment: A retrospective study

Quintessence International

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 603-609

  Ziccardi, Vincent B ^a   Hullett, Jason S ^b   Gomes, Julyana ^a  

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

^b Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve injuries; Neurosensory testing; Trigeminal nerve injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LINGUAL NERVE; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUAL NERVE; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75349106916     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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