Effects of irradiance, wavelength, and thermal emission of different light curing units on the Knoop and Vickers hardness of a composite resin

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 166-171

  Torno, Vladja ^a   Soares, Paulo ^a,b   Martin, Juliana M H ^a   Mazur, Rui F ^a   Souza, Evelise M ^a   Vieira, Sérgio ^a  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Composite resins; Curing efficiency; Hardness; Light curing unit

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CURING; POLYMERIZATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERMOCOUPLES; VICKERS HARDNESS;

COMPOSITE RESINS; CURING EFFICIENCY; HYBRID COMPOSITE RESIN; LIGHT CURING UNIT;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

RESIN;

ARTICLE; HEATING; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL MATERIALS; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTS; HEAT; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 41449102783     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30929     Document Type: Article

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