How Useful Is Root Canal Culturing in Predicting Treatment Outcome?

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 220-225

  Sathorn, Chankhrit ^a   Parashos, Peter ^a   Messer, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence based; microbiology; performance; surrogate endpoint

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; ENDODONTICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH PULP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; PROGNOSIS; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847045608     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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