A comparison of molar root canal preparation using stainless-steel and nickel-titanium instruments

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 807-810

  Porto Carvalho, Luciana Arantes ^a   Bonetti, Idomeo ^b   Gagliardi Borges, Marco Aurelio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MANDIBLE; MOLAR; NICKEL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; STAINLESS STEEL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TITANIUM;

EID: 0033289813     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0099-2399(99)80302-1     Document Type: Review

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