Uptake of rotary NiTi technology within Australia

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 251-257

  Parashos, P ^a   Messer, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovation; New technology; Rotary NiTi; Uptake

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL TECHNOLOGY; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; ROTATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; NICKEL; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROTATION; RURAL POPULATION; TECHNOLOGY, DENTAL; TITANIUM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 30444446962     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2005.tb00369.x     Document Type: Review

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