In vitro evaluation of the accuracy of five different electronic apex locators for determining the working length of endodontically retreated teeth

Australian Endodontic Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-12

  Ebrahim, Aqeel Khalil ^a   Wadachi, Reiko ^a   Suda, Hideaki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electronic apex locator; Root canal preparation; Root canal retreatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS; ENDODONTICS; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ODONTOMETRY; RETREATMENT; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TOOTH ROOT;

DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; ODONTOMETRY; RETREATMENT; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TOOTH APEX; TOOTH, NONVITAL;

EID: 34447100972     PISSN: 13291947     EISSN: 17474477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4477.2007.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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