Cyclic Fatigue and Fracture Characteristics of Ground and Twisted Nickel-Titanium Rotary Files

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-152

  Kim, Hyeon Cheol ^a   Yum, Jiwan ^a   Hur, Bock ^a   Cheung, Gary Shun Pan ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cyclic fatigue; electropolishing; fracture; machining grooves; nickel titanium; rotary instrument; surface defect; Twisted File

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NICKEL; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 71049174561     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2009.09.037     Document Type: Article

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