Electronic apex locator

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-54

  Kim, Euiseong ^a   Lee, Seung Jong ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Dentistry   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; EDETIC ACID; ELECTROLYTE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; LIDOCAINE; METAL; NICKEL; TITANIUM;

ACCURACY; AUDIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRONICS; ENDODONTICS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ODONTOMETRY; OPERATION DURATION; PERFORATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION;

DENTAL PULP CAVITY; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; ODONTOMETRY; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 3242771371     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2003.10.005     Document Type: Review

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