A comparison of the cleaning efficacy of short-term sonic and ultrasonic passive irrigation after hand instrumentation in molar root canals

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 674-678

  Sabins, Ronald A ^a,b   Johnson, James D ^a,c,d   Hellstein, John W ^e,f  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Naval Air Station   (United States)

^c Advanced Specialty Education Program in Endodontics   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Naval Postgraduate Dental School   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ULTRASOUND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MOLAR; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SMEAR LAYER; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; SONICATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 1542465854     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200310000-00016     Document Type: Article

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