A laboratory assessment of coronal bacterial leakage in root canals filled with new and conventional sealers

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-312

  Eldeniz, Ayce Unverdi ^a,b   Orstavik D ^c  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Nordisk Institutt for Odontologiske Materialer   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacterial leakage; Methacrylate; New sealers; Polycaprolactone; Silicone

Indexed keywords

ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PHOTOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH DISEASE;

DENTAL LEAKAGE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 62449182713     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: 13652591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2008.01509.x     Document Type: Article

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