Graduating dental students' ability to produce quality root canal fillings using single-or multiple-cone obturation techniques

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 696-705

  Gound, Tom G ^a   Sather, James P ^a   Kong, Tae S ^a   Makkawy, Hany A ^a   Marx, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental education; Efficiency; Endodontics; Multiple cone obturation techniques; Quality; Single cone obturation techniques

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; ACTIV GP SEALER; DIMETICONE; EPIPHANY SEALER; GUTTA PERCHA; GUTTAFLOW; RESILON SEALER; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DRUG COMBINATION; EDUCATION; ENDODONTICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; TIME; TOOTH PULP;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EFFICIENCY; ENDODONTICS; GUTTA-PERCHA; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; ROOT CANAL OBTURATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650711017     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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