title: A quantitative evaluation of  thermal pulp testing.
abstract: Seven methods of thermal pulp testing were quantitatively evaluated.An electronic circuit was devised that used a glass bead thermistor and a digital display multimeter to record temperature changes in the pulp chamber of an extracted tooth. Of the cold tests studied, skin refrigerant produced a greater thermal change than either an ice water bath or an ice stick. Of the heat tests studied, hot water(from the tap) flooding the tooth produced a greater thermal change than hot gutta-percha stopping, a hot burnisher, or a Burlew wheel.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Cooley
mesh_terms: D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity; D003791:Dental Pulp Test / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013696:Temperature