Electronic apex locator: A useful tool for root canal treatment in the primary dentition

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 414-417

  Katz, Alexander ^a   Mass, Eliyahu ^a   Kaufman, Arieh Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTITION; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ODONTOMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTITION, PRIMARY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ODONTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROOT RESORPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 0030279847     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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