Radiographic success of ferric sulfate and formocresol pulpotomies in relation to early exfoliation

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-237

  Vargas, Kaaren G ^a   Packham, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Exfoliation; Ferric Sulfate; Formocresol; Primary Tooth; Pulpotomy; Radiographic Failure

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERRIC SULFATE; FORMOCRESOL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; ENDODONTICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; ORTHODONTICS; OSTEOLYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL PULP CALCIFICATION; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FORMOCRESOLS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLAR; PULPOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROOT RESORPTION; SPACE MAINTENANCE; TOOTH EXFOLIATION; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26944488045     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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