Blood flow and vascular pressure in the dental pulp
Keywords:
Pulpal circulationblood vesselsvascular resistanceAbstract
The present summary is a review and a discussion of the following papers (I-V), submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor Odontologiae at the University of Bergen.
I. Blood flow in the denial pulp in dogs measured by local H2 gas desaturation technique. Arch. Oral Biol. 1975, 20, 73-79. Co-author: K. Aukland
II. The effect of variations in arterial blood pressure and baroreceptor reflexes on pulpal blood flow in dogs. Arch. Oral Biol. 1975, 20, 345-349
III. Effect of vasodilating drugs on external carotid and pulpal blood flow in docs: «Stealing» of dental perfusion pressure. Acta Physiol. Scand. 1976, 97, 75-87
IV. Nervous control of blood flow in the dental pulp in dogs. Acta Physiol. Scand. 1978, 104, 13-23. Co-author: G. Næss
V. Microvascular pressure in the dental pulp and gingiva in cats. Acta Odontol.Scand. 1979, 37, 161-168. Co-author: G. Næss
Other papers are referred to in the conventional manner.
Acta Odontologica Scandinavica publishes original research papers as well as critical reviews relevant to the diagnosis, epidemiology, health service, prevention, aetiology, pathogenesis, pathology, physiology, microbiology, development and treatment of diseases affecting tissues of the oral cavity and associated structures including papers on cause and effect or explanatory/associative relationships for experimental or observational studies.
