In vitro evaluation of the ability of three apex locators to determine the working length during retreatment

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 676-678

  Goldberg, Fernando ^a,c   Marroquín, Benjamín Briseño ^b   Frajlich, Santiago ^a   Dreyer, Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR   (Argentina)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apex locators; Retreatment; Working length

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144483927     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.don.0000155226.03483.ff     Document Type: Article

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