An in vitro comparison of two modern apex locators

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 765-768

  Weiger, Roland ^a,b   John, Christoph ^a   Geigle, Heiner ^a   Zahnarzt, ^c   Löst, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Conservative Dentistry   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ODONTOMETRY; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; ODONTOMETRY; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 0033223699     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0099-2399(99)80128-9     Document Type: Article

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