Root canal treatment in an unusual maxillary first molar diagnosed with the aid of spiral computerized tomography and in vitro sectioning: A case report

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Ma, Lifang ^a   Chen, Jinwu ^a   Wang, Hanguo ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT;

DENTAL PULP CAVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 65649097659     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.01.051     Document Type: Article

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