Effect of inhomogeneity of light from light curing units on the surface hardness of composite resin

Dental Materials Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-28

  Arikawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Kanie, Takahito ^a   Fujii, Koichi ^a   Takahashi, Hideo ^b   Ban, Seiji ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knoop hardness number; Light curing unit; Light intensity

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; POLYMER; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HARDNESS; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HARDNESS; HUMANS; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 42449106968     PISSN: 02874547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4012/dmj.27.21     Document Type: Article

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