ProTaper rotary root canal preparation: Assessment of torque and force in relation to canal anatomy

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-99

  Peters, Ove A ^a,c   Peters, C I ^b,c   Schonenberger K ^c   Barbakow, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyclic fatigue; Force; ProTaper; Torque

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; TITANIUM; DENTAL ALLOY; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; PARAMETER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; ROTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TORQUE; DENTAL CARE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOOTH PULP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAXILLA; MOLAR; NICKEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TITANIUM; TORQUE;

EID: 0038146983     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2591.2003.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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