Curing of pit & fissure sealants using Light Emitting Diode curing units

Operative Dentistry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 764-771

  Platt, J A ^a,b   Clark, H ^a   Moore, B K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL SURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HARDNESS; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HARDNESS; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MATERIALS TESTING; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28444435249     PISSN: 03617734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2341/04-159     Document Type: Article

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