Original Article

Evaluation of the Use of Sixth Generation Apex Locators as a Diagnostic Tool to Detect Root Perforations

Year: 2015 | Month: December | Volume 2 | Issue 4

Vipul Srivastava Neetika Jain Soumyojeet Bagchi Mahendra Pal Singh Negi

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