Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 753-759 , June 2008

Low-cycle fatigue of rotary NiTi endodontic instruments in hypochlorite solution

  • Gary S.P. Cheung

      Affiliations

    • Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Floor 3A, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, 34 Hospital Road, Saiyingpun, Hong Kong. Tel.: +852 2859 0288; fax: +852 2559 9013.
    • ,
  • Brian W. Darvell

      Affiliations

    • Dental Materials Science, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Received 16 January 2007 ,Revised 17 August 2007 ,Accepted 11 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2007.09.004

Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 753-759 , June 2008

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