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A A Zaia1, C C Ferraz, G H Yoshinari
1School of Dentistry of Piracicaba, University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Journal of Endodontics
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
The purpose of this article is to present a simple and easy method for in vitro analysis of root canal instrumentation that permits one to observe and measure the diameter of a root before and after instrumentation, using the teeth themselves as control.
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