The C-shaped Root Canal Configuration: A Review

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 517-523

  Jafarzadeh, Hamid ^a   Wu, You Nong ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; C shape; canal configuration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH MALFORMATION; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

BICUSPID; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; MOLAR; ROOT CANAL OBTURATION; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 34147147021     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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