Patterns of vertical root fracture: Factors affecting stress distribution in the root canal

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 523-528

  Lertchirakarn, Veera ^a,b   Palamara, Joseph E A ^a   Messer, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; FRACTURE; HUMAN; REDUCTION; ROOT MORPHOLOGY; SIMULATION; STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOOTH INJURY; TOOTH ROOT; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; VERTICAL ROOT FRACTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL CARE; ENDODONTICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH PULP;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL MODELS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; DENTIN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROOT CANAL OBTURATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOOTH FRACTURES; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 0142010026     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200308000-00008     Document Type: Article

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