Effect of the increase of energy density on knoop hardness of dental composites light-cured by conventional QTH, LED and xenon plasma arc

Brazilian Dental Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 218-224

  Correr, Américo Bortolazzo ^a   Sinhoreti, Mario Alexandre Coelho ^a   Sobrinho, Lourenço Correr ^a   Tango, Rubens Nisie ^a   Schneider, Luis Felipe Jochims ^a   Consani, Simonides ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Composite resin; Energy density; Knoop hardness; Light curing; Light sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144456910     PISSN: 01036440     EISSN: 01036440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-64402005000300009     Document Type: Article

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