Shaping ability and safety of five different rotary nickel-titanium instruments compared with stainless steel hand instrumentation in simulated curved root canals

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 807-813

  Schirrmeister, Jörg F ^a   Strohl, Christian ^a   Altenburger, Markus J ^a   Wrbas, Karl Thomas ^a   Hellwig, Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL MODELS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; NICKEL; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; STAINLESS STEEL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TITANIUM;

EID: 33646851572     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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