Safety and efficiency of novel sonic scaler tips in vitro

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 551-555

  Petersilka, Gregor J ^a,c   Draenert, Miriam ^b   Mehl, Albert ^b   Hickel, Reinhard ^b   Flemmig, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calculus removal; Initial periodontal therapy; Root damage; Sonic scaler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTOR; RANK SUM TEST; STANDARDIZATION; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH ROOT; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; TOOTH CALCULUS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VIBRATION;

DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED TECHNIQUE; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL SCALING; EFFICIENCY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH ROOT; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0042382902     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051X.2003.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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