Frequency of overinstrumentation with an acceptable radiographic working length

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-52

  Elayouti, Ashraf ^a   Weiger, Roland ^a,b   Löst, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Conservative Dentistry   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; INCISOR; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

BICUSPID; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CUSPID; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; INCISOR; MOLAR; PULPECTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TOOTH APEX; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 0035235992     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200101000-00018     Document Type: Article

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