Roentgenographic in vitro investigation of frequency and location of curvatures in human maxillary premolars

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-311

  Willershausen, Brita ^a,b   Tekyatan, Haki ^a   Kasaj, Adrian ^a   Marroquín, Benjamin Briseño ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Curvature; Maxillary premolars; Root canal morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAXILLA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ODONTOMETRY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

BICUSPID; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; MAXILLA; ODONTOMETRY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 33645065337     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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