Light curing of resin-based composites in the LED era

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 135-142

  Krämer, Norbert ^b   Lohbauer, Ulrich ^c   García Godoy, Franklin ^d,e   Frankenberger, Roland ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; POLYMER; RESIN;

CHEMISTRY; DENTAL TECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIGHTING; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TECHNOLOGY, DENTAL;

EID: 53849139137     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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