Reduced irradiation time in slow-curing of resin composite using an intensity-changeable light source

Dental Materials Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-201

  Abo, Tomoko ^a   Uno, Shigeru ^b   Tagami, Junji ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polymerization; Resin composite; Slow curing

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944523288     PISSN: 02874547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4012/dmj.24.195     Document Type: Article

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