Necrotic pulp tissue dissolution by passive ultrasonic irrigation in simulated accessory canals: Impact of canal location and angulation

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-65

  Al Jadaa, A ^a   Paque F ^a   Attin, T ^a   Zehnder, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Passive ultrasonic irrigation; Sodium hypochlorite

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; EPOXY RESIN; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDODONTICS; HEAT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TOOTH ROOT; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; EPOXY RESINS; HOT TEMPERATURE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH APEX; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 57649149901     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: 13652591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2008.01497.x     Document Type: Article

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