Clinical implications of the smear layer in endodontics: A review

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

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 658-666

  Torabinejad, Mahmoud ^a   Handysides, Robert ^a   Khademi, Abbas Ali ^b   Bakland, Leif K ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS;

DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; DRUG EFFECT; ENDODONTICS; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PERMEABILITY; TOOTH PULP DISEASE;

DENTAL LEAKAGE; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; DENTIN; DENTIN PERMEABILITY; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HUMANS; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SMEAR LAYER;

EID: 0036885973     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2002.128962     Document Type: Article

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