The quality of single cone and laterally compacted gutta-percha fillings in small and curved root canals as evidenced by bidirectional radiographs and fluid transport measurements

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

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 946-951

  Wu, Min Kai ^a   Bud, Marius G ^a   Wesselink, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESIN; GUTTA PERCHA; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL; TOOTH CEMENT; ZINC OXIDE EUGENOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL BONDING; ENDODONTICS; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

DENTAL BONDING; DENTAL CEMENTS; DENTAL LEAKAGE; DENTAL MARGINAL ADAPTATION; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; EPOXY RESINS; GUTTA-PERCHA; MANDIBLE; MOLAR; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; ROOT CANAL OBTURATION; ZINC OXIDE-EUGENOL CEMENT;

EID: 71849105927     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.07.046     Document Type: Article

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