A Retrospective Study Comparing Clinical Outcomes after Obturation with Resilon/Epiphany or Gutta-Percha/Kerr Sealer

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 789-797

  Cotton, Taylor P ^a   Schindler, William G ^a   Schwartz, Scott A ^a   Watson, William R ^c   Hargreaves, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Clinical; endodontic; Epiphany; gutta percha; outcome assessment; Resilon; sealer

Indexed keywords

EPIPHANY SEALER; GUTTA PERCHA; KERR PULP CANAL SEALER; RESILON SEALER; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL; ZINC OXIDE EUGENOL;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDODONTICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TOOTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GUTTA-PERCHA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; ROOT CANAL OBTURATION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC OXIDE-EUGENOL CEMENT;

EID: 45049085324     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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