Cyclic fatigue testing of ProTaper NiTi rotary instruments after clinical use

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

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-256

  Fife, D ^a,b   Gambarini, G ^c   Britto, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Rome University ^*

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL COMPLEX; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENT; MOLAR TOOTH; RECORDING; TOOTH FRACTURE;

EID: 1242328952     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2003.08.010     Document Type: Article

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