Engineering specifics of the periodontal curet's cutting edge

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 374-378

  Balevi, Ben ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Curets; Dental instruments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PERIODONTICS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; STANDARD;

DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL SCALING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PERIODONTICS; ROOT PLANING;

EID: 0030123880     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.1996.67.4.374     Document Type: Article

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