Magnifying loupes versus surgical microscope in endodontic surgery: A four-year retrospective study

Australian Endodontic Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 78-80

  Taschieri, Silvio ^a   Weinstein, Tommaso ^a   Tsesis, Igor ^b   Bortolin, Monica ^a   Del Fabbro, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apicoectomy; Magnifying loupes; Microscopy; Microsurgery; Surgical microscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MAGNIFYING LOUPES; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

APICOECTOMY; MAGNIFYING LOUPES; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE;

ADULT; APICOECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENSES; LIGHTING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84881013218     PISSN: 13291947     EISSN: 17474477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4477.2011.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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