Fracture of ProFile nickel-titanium rotary instruments: A laboratory simulation assessment

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 502-509

  Di Fiore, P M ^a   Genov, K I ^a   Komaroff, E ^a   Dasanayake, A P ^a   Lin, L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Instruments; Nickel titanium; Rotary

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; PLASTIC; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; ROTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH PULP;

DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NICKEL; PLASTICS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROTATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 33745913328     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: 13652591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2006.01123.x     Document Type: Article

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