Tissue dissolution by sodium hypochlorite: Effect of concentration, temperature, agitation, and surfactant

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1558-1562

  Stojicic, Sonja ^a,b   Zivkovic, Slavoljub ^b   Qian, Wei ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Haapasalo, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Agitation; Chlor Xtra; Sodium hypochlorite; Surfactant; Temperature; Tissue dissolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049407717     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2010.06.021     Document Type: Article

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