Predictive values of thermal and electrical dental pulp tests: A clinical study

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 965-969

  Villa Chávez, Carlos E ^a   Patiño Marín, Nuria ^a   Loyola Rodríguez, Juan P ^a   Zavala Alonso, Norma V ^a   Martínez Castañón, Gabriel A ^a   Medina Solís, Carlo E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electrical dental pulp test; predictive values; thermal dental pulp tests

Indexed keywords

FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; NORFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEAT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULPITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLD TEMPERATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL PULP; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; DENTAL PULP TEST; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULPITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880719482     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2013.04.019     Document Type: Article

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