Removal of fractured endodontic instruments using an Nd: YAG laser

Quintessence International

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 569-575

  Cvikl, Barbara ^a,b   Klimscha, Johannes ^a   Holly, Matthias ^a   Zeitlinger, Markus ^a   Gruber, Reinhard ^a,b   Moritz, Andreas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endodontics; Fractured instrument; Instrument removal; Laser

Indexed keywords

DEVICES; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; SOLID STATE LASER;

ENDODONTICS; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; ROOT CANAL THERAPY;

EID: 84965128532     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.qi.a31961     Document Type: Article

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