Effects of conditioning vibratory stimulation on pain threshold of the human tooth
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Physiologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 114 (4), 601-604
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-1716.1982.tb07030.x
Abstract
The effect of mechanical vibratory stimulation on the human tooth pain threshold has been studied in 4 healthy naïve subjects. Vibration at 10 and 100 Hz was applied to a maxillary incisor and the electrical pain threshold was measured in an adjacent tooth. During the conditioning stimulation the pain threshold increased 1.2-1.8 times the unconditioned values. The present study indicates that mechanical vibratory stimulation applied to human teeth elevates the pain threshold in adjacent teeth.Keywords
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