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| Year : 2005 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 32-36 |
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Gutta-Percha – An untold story
R Prakash1, V Gopikrishna2, D Kandaswamy3
1 P.G Student, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai, India
2 Lecturer, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai, India
3 Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai, India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-7212.347115
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"GUTTA-PERCHA" was first introduced as a restorative material and later developed into an indispensable endodontic filling material. It has become the "soul" of endodontics, in its development as a specialty.
Many articles have dealt about the various techniques of usage of Gutta-percha, but the present article deals briefly with its history, sources, chemistry, commercial manufacture, its evolution and future in dentistry. This article is an attempt to present comprehensively about a material, which we use commonly, yet we know very little about it.
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