Interference of cardiac pacemaker and implantable cardioverter- defibrillator activity during electronic dental device use

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 521-526

  Roedig, Jason J ^a   Shah, Jignesh ^b   Elayi, Claude Samy ^b   Miller, Craig S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacemaker; Defibrillator; Dental equipment; Electromagnetic interference

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953516595     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2010.0224     Document Type: Article

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