Comparison of different gutta-percha root filling techniques: Thermafil, Quick-Fill, System B, and lateral condensation

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

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 333-336

  Gencoglu N ^a   Garip, Y ^a   Bas M ^a   Samani, S ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUTTA PERCHA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL LEAKAGE; GUTTA-PERCHA; HUMANS; ROOT CANAL OBTURATION;

EID: 0036516146     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2002.120253     Document Type: Article

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