Effectiveness of high speed instrument and air abrasion on different dental substrates

• Main Authors: Lívia Azeredo Alves Antunes (Author), Rafael Lima Pedro (Author), Áurea Simone Barrôso Vieira (Author), Lucianne Cople Maia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of high speed (HS) and air abrasion (AA) instruments on groups of teeth (deciduous, permanent, bovine), in terms of preparation time, topography and presence of smear layer. Each group consisted of 5 teeth that had their buccal/lingual surfaces...