The effect of irradiation wavelength bandwidth and spot size on the scraping depth and temperature rise in composite exposed to an argon laser or a conventional quartz-tungsten-halogen source

Dental Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-226

  Pradhan, R D ^a   Melikechi, N ^a   Eichmiller, F ^b  

^a DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon laser curing; Dental composite resins; Depth of cure and temperature rise; Focusing effects; Source bandwidth

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BANDWIDTH; CURING; FOCUSING; HALOGEN ELEMENTS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASERS; QUARTZ; RESINS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TUNGSTEN;

ARGON LASER CURING; DENTAL COMPOSITE RESINS; DEPTH-OF-CURE; FOCUSING EFFECTS; SOURCE BANDWIDTH; TEMPERATURE RISE;

DENTAL COMPOSITES;

ARGON; CAMPHOROQUINONE; HALOGEN; POLYMER; RESIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTRUM COMPOSITE RESIN; TERPENE; TPH HYBRID; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FILTRATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ARGON; COMPOSITE RESINS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FILTRATION; HALOGENS; HUMANS; LASERS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERS; QUARTZ; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TERPENES; TIME FACTORS; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 0036580285     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0109-5641(01)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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