Surface roughness of denture base acrylic resins after processing and after polishing

Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 180-186

  Berger, Julie C ^a,d   Driscoll, Carl F ^a   Romberg, Elaine ^a   Luo, Qing ^b   Thompson, Geoffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b US Army Dental and Trauma Research Detachment   (United States)

^c US Army Dental Research Detachment   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopolymerizing; Biofilm; Chairside polishing kits; Conventional polishing; Heat processed; Injection molded; Microwaveable

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646244756     PISSN: 1059941X     EISSN: 1532849X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-849X.2006.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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