Irrigant flow within a prepared root canal using various flow rates: A Computational Fluid Dynamics study

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-155

  Boutsioukis, C ^a,c   Lambrianidis, T ^a   Kastrinakis, E ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Flow rate; Irrigation; Needle

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LAVAGE; NEEDLE; PATHOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYRINGE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRRIGATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEEDLES; RHEOLOGY; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SOFTWARE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYRINGES; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 58149354678     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: 13652591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2008.01503.x     Document Type: Article

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