Journal of Endodontics
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 1664-1668, October 2010

The Effect of Needle-insertion Depth on the Irrigant Flow in the Root Canal: Evaluation Using 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 (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to Mr Christos Boutsioukis, 29, Kimis Str, 551 33 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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  • Theodor Lambrianidis, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endodontology, Dental School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 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 (ACTA), 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 (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

published online 19 August 2010.

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 Supported in part by 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(10)00526-1

doi:10.1016/j.joen.2010.06.023

Journal of Endodontics
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 1664-1668, October 2010

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