Diagnostic ability of a cone-beam computed tomography scan to assess longitudinal root fractures in prosthetically treated teeth

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1879-1882

  Melo, Saulo Leonardo Sousa ^a   Bortoluzzi, Eduardo Antunes ^b   Abreu Jr , Murillo ^b   Corrêa, Letícia Ruhland ^c   Corrêa, Marcio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; dental posts; diagnostic imaging; root canal filling materials; tooth fractures; tooth root

Indexed keywords

GOLD ALLOY; GUTTA PERCHA; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INJURY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL MARGINAL ADAPTATION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GOLD ALLOYS; GUTTA-PERCHA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; POST AND CORE TECHNIQUE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOOTH FRACTURES; TOOTH ROOT; TOOTH, NONVITAL;

EID: 77957987539     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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