Curing capability of halogen and LED light curing units in deep class II cavities in extracted human molars

Operative Dentistry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 354-363

  Hasler, Christof ^a   Zimmerli, Brigitte ^a,b   Lussi, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Kinderzahnmedizin   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33745448720     PISSN: 03617734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2341/05-41     Document Type: Article

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