Curing efficiency of various types of light-curing units

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-94

  Rahiotis, Chris ^a   Kakaboura, Afrodite ^a   Loukidis, Michalis ^a   Vougiouklakis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy; In depth microhardness; Light curing units; Polymerization contraction; Shrinkage strain kinetics

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; RESIN; HALOGEN; POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE; TPH SPECTRUM; XENON;

ARTICLE; HARDNESS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; POLYMERIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL TECHNOLOGY; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; HALOGENS; HARDNESS; HUMANS; LASERS; LIGHT; MARGINAL ADAPTATION (DENTISTRY); MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERS; QUARTZ; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TECHNOLOGY, DENTAL; XENON;

EID: 2142774036     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0909-8836.2004.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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