Journal of Endodontics
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 875-879 , May 2010

Evaluation of Irrigant Flow in the Root Canal Using Different Needle Types by an Unsteady Computational Fluid Dynamics Model

  • Christos Boutsioukis, DDS, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endodontology, Dental School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
    • Department of Cariology, Endodontology, Pedodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to Mr Christos Boutsioukis, 29, Kimis Street, 551 33 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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  • Bram Verhaagen, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Physics of Fluids Group, Faculty of Science and Technology and Research Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine MIRA, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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  • Michel Versluis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Physics of Fluids Group, Faculty of Science and Technology and Research Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine MIRA, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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  • Eleftherios Kastrinakis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Chemical Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Paul R. Wesselink, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cariology, Endodontology, Pedodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Lucas W.M. van der Sluis, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cariology, Endodontology, Pedodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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 Supported in part through a Scholarship for Excellent PhD Students from the Research Committee of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (CB) and through Project 07498 of the Dutch Technology Foundation STW (BV).

PII: S0099-2399(09)01103-0

doi: 10.1016/j.joen.2009.12.026

Journal of Endodontics
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 875-879 , May 2010

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