Irrigant flow in the root canal: Experimental validation of an unsteady Computational Fluid Dynamics model using high-speed imaging

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 393-403

  Boutsioukis, C ^a,b   Verhaagen, B ^c   Versluis, M ^c   Kastrinakis, E ^d   van der Sluis, L W M ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics; High speed imaging; Irrigation; Needle; Particle Image Velocimetry

Indexed keywords

BAYSILON; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; DIMETICONE;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDODONTICS; FLOW KINETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SYRINGE; TOOTH PULP; VALIDATION STUDY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DEVICES; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEEDLES; PHOTOGRAPHY; RHEOLOGY; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SYRINGES;

EID: 77953162495     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: 13652591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2010.01692.x     Document Type: Article

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