Light-emitting diode curing light irradiance and polymerization of resin-based composite

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-223

  Aravamudhan, Krishna ^a   Floyd, Cynthia J E ^b   Rakowski, Duane ^a   Flaim, Glenn ^b   Dickens, Sabine H ^b   Eichmiller, Frederick C ^b   Fan, P L ^a  

^a AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curing lights; Hardness; Radiation effects; Resin based composite

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344468591     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2006.0147     Document Type: Article

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