Effect of maintaining apical patency on irrigant penetration into the apical two millimeters of large root canals: An in vivo study

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1340-1343

  Vera, Jorge ^a,b   Hernández, Erick M ^c   Romero, Mónica ^a,b   Arias, Ana ^d,e   Van Der Sluis, Lucas W M ^f  

^a University of Tlaxcala   (Mexico)

^b Private Practice   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Private Practice   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Intracanal irrigants; patency file; sodium hypochlorite

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PULPITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TOOTH ROOT;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; HUMANS; PULPITIS; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 84866417595     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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