An in vitro study of the torsional properties of new and used rotary nickel-titanium files in plastic blocks

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

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 466-471

  Yared, Ghassan ^a   Kulkarni, Gajanan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; PLASTIC; TITANIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROTATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT REUSE; NICKEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROTATION; TITANIUM; TORQUE;

EID: 0141991082     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(02)91706-3     Document Type: Article

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