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Cavity Preparation

Cavity preparation is the mechanical alteration of a diseased or defective tooth through systematic removal of carious tissue and unsupported enamel to establish appropriate form, retention, and support for a restorative material while maintaining pulpal vitality and remaining tooth structure.

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Cleaning and Shaping the Root Canal

Herbert Schilder · Dental Clinics of North America · 1974 · 1.4K citations

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Filling Root Canals in Three Dimensions

Herbert Schilder · Dental Clinics of North America · 1967 · 901 citations

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Long‐term calcium hydroxide as a root canal dressing may increase risk of root fracture

Jens Ove Andreasen, B. Farik, E.C. Munksgaard · Dental Traumatology · 2002 · 883 citations · Full text

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Mechanical preparation of root canals: shaping goals, techniques and means

Michael Hülsmann, Ove A. Peters, P. M. H. Dummer · Endodontic Topics · 2005 · 842 citations

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Experimental studies of the application of the Er:YAG laser on dental hard substances: I. Measurement of the ablation rate

Raimund Hibst, Ulrich Keller · Lasers in Surgery and Medicine · 1989 · 814 citations

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Authors

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  1. FG
    Franklin Garcı́a-Godoy

    University of Tennessee Health Science Center, United States

    48 publications · 1.5K citations

    25

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  2. JT
    Junji Tagami

    Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

    44 publications · 2K citations

    24

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  3. MF
    Marco Ferrari

    University of Siena, Italy

    30 publications · 1.5K citations

    21

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  4. EJ
    Emmanuel João Nogueira Leal Silva

    Universidade Unigranrio, Brazil

    24 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. PR
    P. R. Wesselink

    Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam, Netherlands

    22 publications · 3.2K citations

    21

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Institutions

2.7K

  1. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    59 h-index

    569 publications

    28.4K citations

  2. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

    Campinas, Brazil

    39 h-index

    269 publications

    13.8K citations

  3. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

    São Paulo, Brazil

    36 h-index

    319 publications

    14.2K citations

  4. Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    34 h-index

    111 publications

    11.4K citations

  5. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

    Tokyo, Japan

    33 h-index

    233 publications

    10.9K citations

  6. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    32 h-index

    138 publications

    9.7K citations

  7. American Association of Endodontists

    Chicago, United States

    31 h-index

    97 publications

    4.1K citations

  8. Augusta University

    Augusta, United States

    31 h-index

    162 publications

    10.3K citations

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  1. Journal of Endodontics

    JOE · 361 publications · 28.9K citations

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  2. International Endodontic Journal

    302 publications · 22.3K citations

    84

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 1.3K publications · 44.5K citations

    80

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  4. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

    228 publications · 10.8K citations

    53

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  5. Journal of Dental Research

    JDR · 120 publications · 7.7K citations

    51

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See also

Cavity Preparation

Core Principles

Preparation Steps

Cavity Designs

Clinical Errors