Efficacy of halogen photopolymerization units in private dental offices in Toronto

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  El Mowafy, Omar ^a   El Badrawy, Wafa ^a   Lewis, Donald W ^a   Shokati, Babak ^a   Soliman, Osama ^a   Kermalli, Jaffer ^a   Encioiu, Avedis ^a   Rajwani, Fatma ^b   Zawi, Rema ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite resins chemistry; Dental equipment; Evaluation studies; Light

Indexed keywords

CHARISMA; HALOGEN; POINT 4 COMPOSITE RESIN; RESIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HARDNESS; LIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; HALOGENS; HARDNESS; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; ONTARIO; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIVATE PRACTICE;

EID: 27944445824     PISSN: 14882159     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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