Levels of evidence for the outcome of nonsurgical endodontic treatment

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 637-646

  Torabinejad, Mahmoud ^a   Kutsenko, Diana ^d   Machnick, Tanya K ^d   Ismail, Amid ^b   Newton, Carl W ^c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Endodontics; Outcome; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144449163     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.don.0000153593.64951.14     Document Type: Article

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