A comparative study of lateral condensation, heat-softened gutta-percha, and a modified master cone heat-softened backfilling technique

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1005-1011

  Da Silva, D ^a   Endal, U ^a   Reynaud, A ^a   Portenier, I ^a   Orstavik D ^b   Haapasalo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Nordisk Institutt for Odontologiske Materialer   (Norway)

Author keywords

Backfilling; Lateral condensation; Overfilling; Root filling; Warm gutta percha

Indexed keywords

GUTTA PERCHA; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DENTAL CARE; ENDODONTICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

DENTAL MODELS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; GUTTA-PERCHA; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; ROOT CANAL OBTURATION; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 0038313080     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2591.2002.00610.x     Document Type: Review

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