Pulp sensibility test in elderly patients

Gerodontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-139

  Farac, Roberta Vieira ^a   Morgental, Renata Dornelles ^b   De Pontes Lima, Regina Karla ^c   Tiberio, Denise ^a   Dos Santos, Maria Teresa Botti Rodrigues ^a  

^a School of Professional Education   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Brazilian Army ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

dental pulp; pulp sensibility test; refrigerant spray; visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; REACTION TIME; SENSATION; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BICUSPID; COLD TEMPERATURE; DENTAL PULP; DENTAL PULP TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REACTION TIME; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861639957     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2012.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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