Effect of power density of curing unit, exposure duration, and light guide distance on composite depth of cure

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-76

  Lindberg, Anders ^a,b   Peutzfeldt, Anne ^c   van Dijken, Jan W V ^b  

^a Public Dental Health Clinic   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Halogen; Hardness; Irradiance; LED; Polymerization

Indexed keywords

HALOGEN; RESIN; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HARDNESS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

COMPOSITE RESINS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HARDNESS; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MATERIALS TESTING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21344461714     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-005-0312-9     Document Type: Article

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