TY  - JOUR
TT  - Comparison of the accuracies of multi-frequency electronic apex locators in teeth with enlarged apical foramina: ex vivo
AU  - Ekici, Mügem Aslı
AU  - Helvacıoğlu Kıvanç, Bağdagül
AU  - Ekici, Adil
PY  - 2017
DA  - November
DO  - 10.17214/gaziaot.315396
JF  - Acta Odontologica Turcica
JO  - Acta Odontol Turc
PB  - Gazi University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2147-690X
SP  - 17
EP  - 22
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
KW  - Apikal foramen
KW  - dişler
KW  - kök kanal tedavisi
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