The effect of using an inverted master cone in a lateral compaction technique on the density of the gutta-percha fill

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

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 345-350

  Wu, Min Kai ^a   De Groot, Sjoerd D ^a   Van Der Sluis, Luc W M ^a   Wesselink, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AH 26 FILLING MATERIAL; GUTTA PERCHA;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; TOOTH FILLING; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

EID: 0042335921     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(02)91711-7     Document Type: Article

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