Root Canal Filling Materials
"Root Canal Filling Materials" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Materials placed inside a root canal for the purpose of obturating or sealing it. The materials may be gutta-percha, silver cones, paste mixtures, or other substances. (Dorland, 28th ed, p631 & Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p187)
| Descriptor ID |
D012387
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D25.339.859 J01.637.051.339.859
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Root Canal Filling Materials" by people in Profiles.
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Barry GN, Selbst AG, D'Anton EW, Madden RM. Sealing quality of polycarboxylate cements when compared to amalgam as retrofilling material. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1976 Jul; 42(1):109-16.
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Shapiro IM, Iaquinta S, Mitchell G, Grossman LI. Blood-lead levels of monkeys treated with a lead-containing (N2) root canal cement: a preliminary report. J Endod. 1975 Sep; 1(9):294-7.