Microcomputed tomography used in the analysis of the morphology of root canals in extracted wisdom teeth

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-244

  Guillaume, B ^a   Lacoste, J P ^a   Gaborit, N ^b   Brossard, G ^b   Cruard, A ^b   Basle M F ^b   Chappard, D ^b  

^a CFI Centre Français d Implantologie   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Microcomputed tomography; MicroCT; Root canal; Wisdom tooth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLAR TOOTH; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOLAR, THIRD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 33646102906     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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