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Push-out bond strength of a nano-modified mineral trioxide aggregate

Mohammad Ali Saghiri1, Franklin Garcia-Godoy, James L Gutmann

  • 1Department of Dental Materials and Craniofacial Research Center, Dental School, Azad University (Tehran Branch), Tehran, Iran. saghiri@gmail.com

Dental Traumatology : Official Publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology
|August 14, 2012
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bioaggregatemineral trioxide aggregatenanopush-out bond strengths

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