The effect of autoclaving on energy transmission through light-curing tips

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1183-1187

  Rueggeberg, Frederick A ^a   Caughman, W Frank ^a   Comer, Robert W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HEAT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY;

COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; HEAT; LIGHT; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; STERILIZATION; TECHNOLOGY, DENTAL;

EID: 0030208396     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1996.0409     Document Type: Article

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