Effective cleaning protocols for rotary nickel-titanium files

Australian Endodontic Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-24

  Parashos, Peter ^a   Linsuwanont, Pairoj ^a   Messer, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; DETERGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISINFECTION; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RECYCLING; ROTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DENTAL ALLOYS; DETERGENTS; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; NICKEL; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROTATION; STERILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 0041303495     PISSN: 13291947     EISSN: 17474477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4477.2003.tb00491.x     Document Type: Article

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