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gutta-percha
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Research
5,107 papers- Antimicrobial Efficacy of Nanoparticle-Coated Gutta-Percha: A Systematic Review.Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP · 2025
- The use of solvents for gutta-percha dissolution/removal during endodontic retreatments: A scoping review.Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials · 2021
- The gutta-percha/eucapercha technique: a review.Hawaii dental journal · 1988
- Heat-softened gutta-percha: an update.General dentistry · 1991
- The removal of gutta-percha and root canal sealers from root canals.The New Zealand dental journal · 2005
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thumb|right|Palaquium gutta
Gutta-percha is a tree of the genus Palaquium in the family Sapotaceae, which is primarily used to create a high-quality latex of the same name. Most commonly sourced from Palaquium gutta, the material is rigid, naturally biologically inert, resilient, electrically nonconductive, and thermoplastic; it is a polymer of isoprene which forms a rubber-like elastomer.
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