Depth of cure and surface microhardness of composite resin cured with blue LED curing lights

Dental Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 364-369

  Tsai, Paul C L ^a   Meyers, Ian A ^a   Walsh, Laurence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composite resin; Depth of cure; Light emitting diode; Microhardness; Photopolymerization

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CURING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MICROHARDNESS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUARTZ; STANDARDS; VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING;

BONDING AGENTS; INDENTERS;

RESINS;

FILTEK Z250; POLYMER; RESIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HARDNESS; LIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; HARDNESS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 1342264216     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0109-5641(03)00130-1     Document Type: Article

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