Prevalence and Management of Instrument Fracture in the Postgraduate Endodontic Program at the Dental School of Athens: A Five-year Retrospective Clinical Study

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 675-678

  Tzanetakis, Giorgos N ^a   Kontakiotis, Evangelos G ^a   Maurikou, Dimitra V ^a   Marzelou, Maria P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hand instrument; instrument fracture; instrument separation; NiTi rotary instrument; postgraduate endodontic program; retrospective study

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EDUCATION; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL CLINICS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL, GRADUATE; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; NICKEL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

EID: 43549089715     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2008.02.039     Document Type: Article

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