Rotary Nickel-Titanium GT and ProTaper Files for Root Canal Shaping by Novice Operators: A Radiographic and Micro-Computed Tomography Evaluation

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1584-1588

  Gekelman, Diana ^a   Ramamurthy, Ramya ^a   Mirfarsi, Sahar ^a   Paqué, Frank ^b   Peters, Ove A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; micro computed tomography; root canal shaping; rotary instruments

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEACHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; EDUCATION, DENTAL; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOLAR; NICKEL; PULPECTOMY; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROTATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TOOTH APEX; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349970150     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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