The effect of root canal taper on the irrigant flow: Evaluation using an unsteady Computational Fluid Dynamics model

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 909-916

  Boutsioukis, C ^a,b   Gogos, C ^a   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; Irrigation; Needle; Root canal taper

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; PATHOLOGY; PRESSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYRINGE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEEDLES; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYRINGES; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 77956420121     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: 13652591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2010.01767.x     Document Type: Article

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