Cleaning effectiveness and shaping ability of rotary ProTaper compared with rotary GT and manual K-Flexofile

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 353-358

  Liu, Sheng Bo ^a   Fan, Bin ^a   Cheung, Gary S P ^b   Peng, Bing ^a   Fan, Ming Wen ^a   Gutmann, James L ^c   Song, Ya Ling ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a   Bian, Zhuan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Electron Microscope Centre of Wuhan University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SURGERY; ENDODONTICS; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH PULP;

DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; MOLAR; NICKEL; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SMEAR LAYER; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

EID: 33846179300     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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