Percentage of canals filled in apical cross sections - An in vitro study of seven obturation techniques

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 392-398

  Jarrett, I S ^a   Marx, D ^b   Covey, D ^b   Karmazin, M ^a   Lavin, M ^a   Gound, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical cross sections; Obturation techniques; Root canal filling

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLAR TOOTH; PALATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH ROOT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; GUTTA-PERCHA; HUMANS; MAXILLA; MOLAR; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); ROOT CANAL OBTURATION; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 3042522546     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2004.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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