The role of apical instrumentation in root canal treatment: A review of the literature

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 333-340

  Baugh, Dean ^a   Wallace, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANATOMY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CANINE TOOTH; CEMENTUM; COW; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTIN; ENDODONTICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCISOR; INSTRUMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MEDLINE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ODONTOMETRY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; REVIEW; TOOTH ROOT; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; YEAST;

EID: 18844458287     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.don.0000145422.94578.e6     Document Type: Review

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