Quality of curing in relation to hardness, degree of cure and polymerization depth measured on a nano-hybrid composite

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-268

  Ilie, Nicoleta ^a   Hickel, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOGEN; RESIN; TETRIC EVOCERAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME;

COMPOSITE RESINS; HALOGENS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35349023271     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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