The EndoVac method of endodontic irrigation, part 2 - Efficacy

Dentistry Today

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-87

  Schoeffel, G John ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; ENDODONTICS; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESSURE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM;

DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; TOOTH APEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM;

EID: 38949124400     PISSN: 87502186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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