Effect of handpiece tip design on the cutting efficiency of an air abrasion system

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 397-401

  Santos Pinto, Lourdes ^a,c   Peruchi, Claudia ^a   Marker, Victoria A ^b   Cordeiro, Rita ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZATION;

AIR ABRASION, DENTAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MOLAR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035750625     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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