Leakage along apical root fillings with and without smear layer using two different leakage models: A two-month longitudinal ex vivo study

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 968-976

  Shemesh, H ^a   Wu, M K ^a   Wesselink, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gutta percha; Leakage; Resilon; Root canal filling; Smear layer

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; RESILON SEALER; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH DISEASE;

DENTAL LEAKAGE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; ROOT CANAL OBTURATION; SMEAR LAYER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33750938083     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: 13652591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2006.01181.x     Document Type: Article

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