Effect of air dentin and resin-based composite thickness on light intensity reduction

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 231-234

  Prati, Carlo ^a   Chersoni, Stefano ^b   Montebugnoli, Lucio ^b   Montanari, Gianni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; RESIN;

AIR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LIGHT; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTIN; HUMANS; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; POLYMERS; RADIOMETRY; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 0033202796     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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