Efficacy of new LED light-curing units in hardening of Class II composite restorations

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  El Mowafy, Omar ^a   El Badrawy, Wafa ^a   Wasef, Mira ^b   Omar, Hanan ^c   Kermanshahi, Sanaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERCULITE XR; RESIN; RESIN CEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIT L ESCENCE TRANS ICE; VIT-L-ESCENCE TRANS ICE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SURGERY; HARDNESS; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHASE TRANSITION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; HARDNESS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOLAR; PHASE TRANSITION; RESIN CEMENTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247565482     PISSN: 07098936     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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