C-shaped Canal System in Mandibular Second Molars Part III: The Morphology of the Pulp Chamber Floor

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1155-1159

  Min, Yi ^a   Fan, Bing ^a   Cheung, Gary S P ^b   Gutmann, James L ^c   Fan, Mingwen ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

C shaped canal; mandibular second molar; pulp chamber floor

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DENTIN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; ODONTOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTIN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MANDIBLE; MOLAR; ODONTOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 33845335197     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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