Influence of torque control motors and the operator's proficiency on ProTaper failures

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

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-233

  Yared, Ghassan ^a   Bou Dagher, Fadia ^b   Kulkarni, Kiran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DEVICE; EXPERIENCE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLAR TOOTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TORQUE;

EID: 0041589275     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(03)00167-7     Document Type: Article

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