Treatment time for non-surgical endodontic therapy with or without a magnifying loupe

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wong, Amy Wai yee ^a   Zhu, Xiaofei ^b   Zhang, Shinan ^a   Li, Samantha Ka yan ^a   Zhang, Chengfei ^a   Chu, Chun Hung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Endodontic; Magnifying loupe; Root canal therapy; Time

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; DENTAL ALLOY; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE; ZINC OXIDE EUGENOL;

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL FISTULA; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DEVICES; ENDODONTIC PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIAPICAL DISEASES; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROOT CANAL OBTURATION; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TIME FACTOR; TOOTHACHE;

ADULT; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL FISTULA; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENSES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PERIAPICAL DISEASES; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; ROOT CANAL OBTURATION; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TOOTHACHE; ZINC OXIDE-EUGENOL CEMENT;

EID: 84925459839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12903-015-0025-7     Document Type: Article

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