Immediate root canal disinfection with ultraviolet light: an ex vivo feasibility study

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 425-433

  Metzger, Zvi ^a   Better, Hadar ^b   Abramovitz, Itzhak ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTIN; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STEM CELL; TOOTH PULP;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTIN; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; STEM CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 34547856239     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2007.03.027     Document Type: Article

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