Radiopacity of endodontic sealers: Development of a new method for direct measurement

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 751-755

  Tagger, Michael ^a   Katz, Alexander ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; SEALANT; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL; TOOTH CEMENT;

ARTICLE; ENDODONTICS; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; TOOTH FILLING; X RAY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIODENSITOMETRY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DENTAL CEMENTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS;

EID: 1542471678     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200311000-00016     Document Type: Article

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