The influence of dental operating microscope in locating the mesiolingual canal orifice

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 190-194

  Baldassari Cruz, Lynne A ^a,c   Lilly, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Rivera, Eric M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAXILLA; MICROSCOPY; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; MANIKINS; MAXILLA; MICROSCOPY; MOLAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 0036483761     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2002.118285     Document Type: Article

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