Healing Kinetics of Periapical Lesions Enhanced by the Apexum Procedure: A Clinical Trial

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-159

  Metzger, Zvi ^a   Huber, Ronen ^b   Slavescu, Dragos ^c   Dragomirescu, Dan ^d   Tobis, Idan ^b   Better, Hadar ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Apexum Ltd   (Israel)

^c Department of Stomatology   (Romania)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Apexum; healing; minimally invasive; periapical lesions

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NICKEL; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TITANIUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 58249095282     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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