The use of a calibrated percussion instrument in pulpal and periapical diagnosis.
The use of percussion as a means of evaluating symptoms related to pulpal and periapical conditions is well documented. The literature reports no method of means for recording any relative measure of this response. A percussion instrument was developed to record the various degrees of tenderness to percussion on a calibrated basis.
D002138:Calibration; D003788:Dental Pulp Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010474:Percussion / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*