Development and testing of fiber-reinforced composite space maintainers

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 204-208

  Kulkarni, Gajanan ^a,c   Lau, Domenic ^c   Hafezi, Sara ^b,c  

^a Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry   (Canada)

^b General Pathology ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforced composite resin; Physical properties; Space maintainers

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; GLASS; GLASS FIBER; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; RESIN; RIBBOND; STAINLESS STEEL; STICK RESIN;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBIOLOGY; ORTHODONTICS; PLIABILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; GLASS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PLIABILITY; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SPACE MAINTENANCE; STAINLESS STEEL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 72749109162     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: 19355068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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