Comparison of the performance of four files with rounded tips during shaping of simulated root canals

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 364-371

  Dummer, Paul M H ^a   Al Omari, Mohammed A O ^b   Bryant, Susan ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME; TOOTH PULP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032062745     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0099-2399(98)80136-2     Document Type: Article

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