The Effect of Operational Speed on the Fracture of Nickel-Titanium Rotary Instruments

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-54

  Gray Kitchens Jr , G ^a   Liewehr, Frederick R ^a   Moon, Peter C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; rotary; speed

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; ROTATION; TIME;

DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NICKEL; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 33846189396     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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