Effect of home bleaching agents on the microhardness of human enamel and dentin

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-61

  Unlu N ^a,b   Cobankara F K ^a   Altinoz C ^a   Ozer F ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Operative Dentistry ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbamide peroxide; Dentin; Enamel; Home bleaching; Vicker's microhardness test

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA PEROXIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDITY; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH;

EID: 1342312146     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2004.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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