A preliminary study of the percentage of gutta-percha-filled area in the apical canal filled with vertically compacted warm gutta-percha

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 527-535

  Wu, M K ^a   Van Der Sluis, L W M ^a   Wesselink, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gutta percha filled area

Indexed keywords

GUTTA PERCHA;

ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; ENDODONTICS; HEAT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH ROOT;

CUSPID; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; GUTTA-PERCHA; HEAT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MARGINAL ADAPTATION (DENTISTRY); ROOT CANAL OBTURATION; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 0036594549     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2591.2002.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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