Vickers Hardness Investigation of Work-Hardening in Used NiTi Rotary Instruments

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1191-1193

  Alapati, Satish B ^a   Brantley, William A ^a   Nusstein, John M ^a   Daehn, Glenn S ^b   Svec, Timothy A ^c   Powers, John M ^c   Johnston, William M ^a   Guo, Wenhua ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DENTAL BRANCH AT HOUSTON   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELASTICITY; ENDODONTICS; HARDNESS; INSTRUMENTATION; RECYCLING;

DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTS; NICKEL; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TITANIUM;

EID: 33845284872     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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