Review of pulp sensibility tests. Part II: Electric pulp tests and test cavities

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 945-958

  Jafarzadeh, H ^a   Abbott, P V ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Electric pulp test; Endodontics; Test cavity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

DENTAL PULP; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; DENTAL PULP TEST; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78649491426     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: 13652591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2010.01760.x     Document Type: Article

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