Shaping ability of .04 and .06 taper ProFile rotary nickel-titanium instruments in simulated root canals

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 155-164

  Bryant, S T ^a   Dummer, P M H ^a,c   Pitoni, C ^b   Bourba, M ^b   Moghal, ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canal shaping; Endodontics; Nickel titanium; Root canals; Rotary files

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; NICKEL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TITANIUM;

EID: 0033125981     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2591.1999.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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