The Ability of Optical Coherence Tomography to Characterize the Root Canal Walls

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1369-1373

  Shemesh, Hagay ^a   van Soest, Gijs ^b   Wu, Min Kai ^a   van der Sluis, Lucas W M ^a   Wesselink, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Histology; intracanal imaging; optical coherence tomography; root canal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTIN; ENDODONTICS; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCISOR; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; TOOTH PULP;

DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTIN; HUMANS; INCISOR; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 35348984069     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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