Accuracy of the Nouvag torque control motor for nickel-titanium rotary instruments

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

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 499-501

  Yared, Ghassan ^a   Kulkarni, Gajanan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; TITANIUM;

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ENDODONTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; SENSOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TORQUE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL ALLOYS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NICKEL; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TITANIUM; TORQUE;

EID: 1942485356     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2003.12.021     Document Type: Article

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