Development and Validation of a Three-dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics Model of Root Canal Irrigation

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1282-1287

  Gao, Yuan ^a   Haapasalo, Markus ^b   Shen, Ya ^b   Wu, Hongkun ^a   Li, Bingdong ^c   Ruse, N Dorin ^b   Zhou, Xuedong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; irrigation; needle; root canal; turbulence model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDODONTICS; FLOW KINETICS; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IRRIGATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RHEOLOGY; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION;

EID: 69249157387     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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