Variation of depth of cure and intensity with distance using LED curing lights

Dental Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 988-994

  Aravamudhan, Krishna ^a   Rakowski, Duane ^a   Fan, P L ^a  

^a AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental material; Depth of cure; Distance; Intensity; Light curing; Light emitting diode; Resin composite

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CORRELATION METHODS; DENTAL MATERIALS; LIGHT SOURCES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

LIGHT CURING; LOGARITHMIC CORRELATION; RESIN COMPOSITE; SMARTLITE IQ;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; RESIN; TPH SPECTRUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIGHTING; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33749069455     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.11.031     Document Type: Article

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