Journal of Endodontics
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 858-861 , May 2010

Effects of Four Instruments on Coronal Pre-enlargement by Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography

  • Cintia Mussoline Sanfelice, DDS

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UNICSUL), Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil
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  • Fernanda Botega da Costa, DDS

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UNICSUL), Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil
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  • Marcus Vinícius Reis Só, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to Dr Marcus Vinicius Reis Só, Rua Sousa Lobo 62 casa 03, 91320-320, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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  • Fabiana Vier-Pelisser, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UNICSUL), Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil
  • ,
  • Carlos Alexandre Souza Bier, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
  • ,
  • Fabiana Soares Grecca, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

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PII: S0099-2399(09)01055-3

doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2009.12.003

Journal of Endodontics
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 858-861 , May 2010