Particle size of a new endodontic cement compared to Root MTA and calcium hydroxide

Elham Soheilipour1, Sanam Kheirieh, Majid Madani

  • 1Researcher, Dental Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Iranian Endodontic Journal
|September 5, 2013
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