Evaluation of Dental Pulp Sensibility Tests in a Clinical Setting

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 351-354

  Jespersen, James J ^a   Hellstein, John ^a   Williamson, Anne ^a   Johnson, William T ^a   Qian, Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric pulp tester; Endo Ice; pulp testing; sensibility testing; vitality testing

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; NORFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; COLD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; DENTAL RESTORATION; DEVICES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS; CHILD; COLD TEMPERATURE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; DENTAL PULP TEST; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894521643     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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