Comparison of apical transportation between ProFile™ and ProTaper™ NiTi rotary instruments

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 359-364

  Iqbal, M K ^a   Firic, S ^a   Tulcan, J ^a   Karabucak, B ^a   Kim, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

NiTi rotary instrumentation; ProFile ; ProTaper ; Root canal treatment

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; TITANIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDODONTICS; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; X RAY;

DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MOLAR; NICKEL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TITANIUM; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 3042611430     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2004.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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