Influence of different exposure times required to stabilize hardness values of composite resin restorations

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 42-50

  Cavalcante, Larissa Maria ^a,b,c   Valentino, Thiago Assunção ^c,d   Carlini Jr , Bruno ^a,c   Silikas, Nick ^b,d   Pimenta, Luiz André Freire ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d Department of Restorative Dentistry   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curing time; Irradiance; Knoop hardness; LED; Light curing units; Resin composites

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; HELIOMOLAR; HERCULITE XR; POLYURETHAN; RESIN; RESIN CEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CURING LIGHT; DENTAL SURGERY; HARDNESS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

ACRYLIC RESINS; COMPOSITE RESINS; CURING LIGHTS, DENTAL; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYURETHANES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RESIN CEMENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67649207803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-10-2-42     Document Type: Article

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