Light intensity effects on resin-composite degree of conversion and shrinkage strain

Dental Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 292-296

  Silikas, N ^a   Eliades, G ^b   Watts, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Composites; Conversion; Dental materials; FTIR; Light intensity; Polymerization; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

RESIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; TETRIC CERAM; Z100 COMPOSITE RESIN; ZIRCONIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPOSITE RESINS; HEAT; HUMANS; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION DOSAGE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STATISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 0034230993     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0109-5641(00)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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