The challenge of C-shaped canal systems: A comparative study of the self-adjusting File and ProTaper

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-214

  Solomonov, Michael ^a,b   Paqué, Frank ^c   Fan, Bing ^d   Eilat, Yuval ^a   Berman, Louis H ^e  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Sheba Hospital   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

C shaped; ProTaper; root canal anatomy; Self Adjusting File

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; CHELATING AGENT; EDETIC ACID; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH PULP; VIBRATION;

CHELATING AGENTS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; EDETIC ACID; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOLAR; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROTATION; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; VIBRATION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855926538     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2011.10.022     Document Type: Article

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