Preparation of curved root canals with rotary FlexMaster instruments compared to lightspeed instruments and NiTi hand files

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 483-490

  Weiger, Roland ^a,b   Bruckner M ^a   ElAyouti, A ^a   Lost C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Curved root canals; Nickel titanium; Root canal preparation; Rotary instrument

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RECORD; MOLAR TOOTH; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; ROTATION; TIME; TOOTH PULP;

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MANIKINS; MATERIALS TESTING; NICKEL; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 0141560446     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2591.2003.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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