Postanesthetic Cold Sensibility Test as an Indicator for the Efficacy of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block in Patients with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis of Mandibular Molars

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Terminology</td><td class="align_center">Definitions</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">True positive response (TP)</td><td class="align_center">A positive response to postanesthetic cold test and painful endodontic procedures</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">True negative response (TN)</td><td class="align_center">A negative response to postanesthetic cold test and pain-free endodontic procedures</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">False positive response (FP)</td><td class="align_center">A positive response to postanesthetic cold test and pain-free endodontic procedures</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">False negative response (FN)</td><td class="align_center">A negative response to postanesthetic cold test and painful endodontic procedures</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Definitions of true/false positive and true/false negative responses to the cold test.</div>

International Journal of Dentistry

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Table 1: Postanesthetic Cold Sensibility Test as an Indicator for the Efficacy of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block in Patients with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis of Mandibular Molars 

Table 1 | Postanesthetic Cold Sensibility Test as an Indicator for the Efficacy of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block in Patients with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis of Mandibular Molars 