Scanning Electron Micrograph and Surface Hardness of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate in the Presence of Alkaline pH

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 706-710

  Saghiri, Mohammad Ali ^a   Lotfi, Mehrdad ^b   Saghiri, Ali Mohammad ^c   Vosoughhosseini, Sepideh ^e   Aeinehchi, Mohammad ^d   Ranjkesh, Bahram ^f  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Alkaline; hardness; microstructure; mineral trioxide aggregate; scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; BUFFER; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; HYDROXIDE; MINERAL TRIOXIDE AGGREGATE; OXIDE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL; SILICATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DRUG COMBINATION; HARDNESS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PH; POROSITY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ALKALIES; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BUFFERS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HARDNESS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXIDES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDES; PHOSPHATES; POROSITY; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICATES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 65449136349     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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