Do procedural errors cause endodontic treatment failure?

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-193

  Lin, Louis M ^a   Rosenberg, Paul A ^b   Lin, Jarshen ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Endodontic procedural errors; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 14644408070     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0140     Document Type: Article

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