A Dozen ways to prevent nickel-titanium rotary instrument fracture

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 196-201

  Di Fiore, Peter M ^a,b  

^a Department of Endodontics ^*

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Instrument; Nickel titanium; Prevention; Rotary

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847728605     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2007.0136     Document Type: Article

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