Degree of conversion and surface hardness of resin cement cured with different curing units

Quintessence International

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 771-777

  Ozturk, Nilgun ^a   Usumez, Aslihan ^a   Usumez, Serdar ^a   Ozturk, Bora ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ceramic restoration; Curing units; Degree of conversion; Hardness; Resin cement; Vickers' hardness

Indexed keywords

EMPRESS 2; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; RESIN CEMENT; VARIOLINK;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HARDNESS; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

DENTAL PORCELAIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HARDNESS; HUMANS; LIGHTING; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; RESIN CEMENTS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26844547073     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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