The benefits of using low accelerating voltage to assess endodontic instruments by scanning electron microscopy

Australian Endodontic Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-10

  Stowe, Sally J ^a   Parirokh, Mawud ^b   Asgary, Saeed ^c   Eghbal, Mohammed Jafar ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Endodontics Department   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DENTAL ALLOYS; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NICKEL; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 2342546613     PISSN: 13291947     EISSN: 17474477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4477.2004.tb00157.x     Document Type: Article

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