Effect of various curing lights on the degree of cure of orthodontic adhesives

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 382-384

  Niepraschk, Markus ^a   Rahiotis, Christos ^b   Bradley, T Gerard ^c   Eliades, Theodore ^b   Eliades, George ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOGEN; RESIN CEMENT; XENON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL BONDING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PHASE TRANSITION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL BONDING; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; HALOGENS; LIGHT; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PHASE TRANSITION; RESIN CEMENTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; XENON;

EID: 34548407811     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2007.04.029     Document Type: Article

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