Fluid mechanics in dentinal microtubules provides mechanistic insights into the difference between hot and cold dental pain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Lin, Min ^a   Luo, Zheng Yuan ^b   Bai, Bo Feng ^b   Xu, Feng ^a,c   Lu, Tian Jian ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLD DENTAL PAIN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID FLOW; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; HOT DENTAL PAIN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANORECEPTOR; MICROTUBULE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; ODONTOBLAST; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL STIMULATION; TOOTH PAIN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOG; HEAT; METABOLISM; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; COLD TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTINAL FLUID; DOGS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOCICEPTORS; RHEOLOGY; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 79952950602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018068     Document Type: Article

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