Brazilian gutta-percha points. Part II: thermal properties Cones nacionais de guta-percha. Parte II: propriedades térmicas

• Main Authors: Cláudio Maniglia-Ferreira (Author), Eduardo Diogo Gurgel-Filho (Author), João Batista Araújo Silva Jr (Author), Regina Célia Monteiro de Paula (Author), Judith Pessoa Andrade Feitosa (Author), Brenda Paula Figueiredo de Almeida Gomes (Author), Francisco José de Souza-Filho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2007-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study was undertaken to explore the effect of heating on gutta-percha, analyzing the occurrence of endothermic peaks corresponding to the transformation that occurs in the crystalline structure of the polymer during thermal manipulation. This study also seeked to determine the temperature at wh...