Assessment of the Deviation after Biomechanical Preparation of the Coronal, Middle, and Apical Thirds of Root Canals Instrumented with Three HERO Rotary Systems

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1460-1463

  Câmara, Andréa Cruz ^a   Aguiar, Carlos Menezes ^a   de Figueiredo, Jose Antonio Poli ^b  

^a Faculty of Dentistry   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Instruments; root canal; root canal preparation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH PULP;

DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MOLAR; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION;

EID: 36248990215     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2007.07.029     Document Type: Article

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