Hand-operated and Rotary ProTaper Instruments: A Comparison of Working Time and Number of Rotations in Simulated Root Canals

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-317

  Pasqualini, Damiano ^a   Scotti, Nicola ^a   Tamagnone, Lorenzo ^a   Ellena, Federica ^a   Berutti, Elio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hand instruments; nickel titanium; ProTaper; rotary instruments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; RANDOMIZATION; TIME;

DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL MODELS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39049135233     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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