Cone-beam computed tomography study of root and canal morphology of maxillary first and second molars in an Indian population

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1622-1627

  Neelakantan, Prasanna ^a   Subbarao, Chandana ^a   Ahuja, Roshni ^a   Subbarao, Chandragiri Venkata ^a   Gutmann, James L ^b  

^a SAVEETHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canal configuration; cone beam computed tomography; Indian; maxillary molar; root canal anatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MAXILLA; MOLAR; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; REFERENCE VALUES; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 77956968711     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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