Root canal transportation with a Ni-Ti rotary file system and stainless steel hand files in simulated root canals

Quintessence International

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 369-374

  Loizides, Alexios ^a,b   Eliopoulos, Dimitris ^a   Kontakiotis, Evangelos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crown down technique; Rotary files; Shaping ability; Simulated root canal; Step back technique; Transportation

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; RESIN; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTICITY; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; ROTATION; STANDARD; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NICKEL; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROTATION; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 33645941799     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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