A comparison of torque required to fracture rotary files with tips bound in simulated curved canal

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 468-470

  Guilford, Wallace L ^a   Lemons, Jack E ^b   Eleazer, Paul D ^a,c  

^a Department of Endodontics ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; FORCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ROTATION; SIMULATION; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; TORQUE;

EID: 20444489249     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.don.0000148867.30520.9e     Document Type: Article

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