Diminished leakage along root canals filled with gutta-percha without sealer over time: A laboratory study

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-125

  Wu, M K ^a   Fan, B ^b   Wesselink, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gutta percha; Leakage; Root canal

Indexed keywords

AH 26 FILLING MATERIAL; BALSAM; BISMUTH; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; EPOXY RESIN; GUTTA PERCHA; KERR PULP CANAL SEALER; METHENAMINE; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEALAPEX; SILVER; TITANIUM; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC OXIDE EUGENOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; INCISOR; KLOROPERKA; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; TIME; TOOTH DISEASE;

BALSAMS; BISMUTH; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; DENTAL LEAKAGE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EPOXY RESINS; GUTTA-PERCHA; HUMANS; INCISOR; MAXILLA; METHENAMINE; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; ROOT CANAL OBTURATION; SALICYLATES; SILVER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC OXIDE-EUGENOL CEMENT;

EID: 0034158504     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2591.2000.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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