Curing performance of a new-generation light-emitting diode dental curing unit

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1471-1479

  Wiggins, Kim M ^a   Hartung, Martin ^b   Althoff, Olaf ^b   Wastian, Christine ^b   Mitra, Sumita B ^a  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^b 3M Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DENSITY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTISTRY; DEVICE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 7044234715     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2004.0059     Document Type: Article

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