Modeling AC Current Conduction Through a Human Tooth

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-195

  Križaj, Dejan ^a   Jan, Janja ^a   Valenčič, Vojko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Endodontics; Fricke's models; Impedance method; Numerical modeling; Root canal length

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

AC CURRENTS; CANAL LENGTH; CURRENT CONDUCTION; ENDODONTIC; FRICKE MODEL; HUMAN TEETHS; IMPEDANCE METHOD; ORAL MUCOSA; ROOT CANAL LENGTH; ROOT CANALS;

ELECTRODES;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; DENTIN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOUTH MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 1942500340     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10189     Document Type: Article

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