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Changes in pulp temperature during thermostimulation of human teeth by a simple electrically controlled thermode

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A simple electrically controlled thermode is described that was used in psychophysical experiments on thermoperception from teeth in human subjects. The time course of the intrapulpal temperature changes during a 60 s cooling or heating procedure was measured in in vitro experiments in which the temperature exchange between tooth and surrounding tissue, present in the psychophysical experiments, was simulated.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, D-1000, Berlin 33

    O. -J. Grüsser, W. Kollmann, J. Lerch & E. Mijatović

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Grüsser, O.J., Kollmann, W., Lerch, J. et al. Changes in pulp temperature during thermostimulation of human teeth by a simple electrically controlled thermode. Pflugers Arch. 403, 273–277 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00583599

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