Evaluation of curing performance of light-emitting polymerization units

General Dentistry

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-20

  Owens, Barry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTHET X; ESTHET-X; HALOGEN; RESIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HARDNESS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; HALOGENS; HARDNESS; LIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; RADIOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 33144458736     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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