Performance of high-speed dental handpieces: Subjected to simulated clinical use and sterilization

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1301-1311

  Leonard, Daniel L ^a   Charlton, David G ^a  

^a USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; FIBER OPTICS; HEAT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NOISE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TORQUE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; HEAT; MECHANICS; MOTION; NOISE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STERILIZATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

EID: 0033192763     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1999.0400     Document Type: Article

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