Susceptibility of a Polycaprolactone-based Root Canal-filling Material to Degradation. III. Turbidimetric Evaluation of Enzymatic Hydrolysis

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 952-956

  Hiraishi, Noriko ^a   Yau, Joyce Y Y ^a   Loushine, Robert J ^b   Armstrong, Steven R ^c   Weller, R Norman ^b   King, Nigel M ^a   Pashley, David H ^c   Tay, Franklin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol esterase; lipase PS; optical density; polycaprolactone; Resilon; spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

AQUAPLAST, CAPROLACTONE; CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; POLYESTER; RESILON SEALER; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; EMULSION; HYDROLYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; EMULSIONS; HYDROLYSIS; LIPASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; POLYESTERS; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 34447545856     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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