Long-term evaluation of the influence of smear layer removal on the sealing ability of different sealers

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-125

  Economides, Nikolaos ^a,b   Liolios, Evagelos ^a   Kolokuris, Ioannis ^a   Beltes, Panagiotis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AH 26 FILLING MATERIAL; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; BISMUTH; EDETIC ACID; EPOXY RESIN; GUTTA PERCHA; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; METHENAMINE; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL; ROTH'S 811 SEALER; SILVER; TITANIUM; ZINC OXIDE EUGENOL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DRUG COMBINATION; ENDODONTICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOOTH DISEASE;

BISMUTH; DENTAL LEAKAGE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EDETIC ACID; EPOXY RESINS; EVALUATION STUDIES; GUTTA-PERCHA; HUMANS; METHENAMINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SILVER; SMEAR LAYER; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; TITANIUM; ZINC OXIDE-EUGENOL CEMENT;

EID: 0033073069     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0099-2399(99)80010-7     Document Type: Article

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