Torsional properties of stainless-steel and nickel-titanium files after multiple autoclave sterilizations

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 76-80

  Hilt, Bruce R ^a,b   Cunningham, Charles J ^a,c   Shen, Chiayi ^a,d   Richards, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b US Naval Dental Center   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; EPOXY RESIN; NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL ACID ETCHING; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HARDNESS; HEAT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TORSION;

ACID ETCHING, DENTAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL ALLOYS; EPOXY RESINS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HARDNESS; HEAT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MATERIALS TESTING; NICKEL; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; STAINLESS STEEL; STERILIZATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM; TORSION;

EID: 0034139365     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200002000-00004     Document Type: Article

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