Effect of exposure time vs. irradiance on knoop hardness of dental composites

A comparison was made of the hardness of Z250 and Esthet-X composites light cured with different light sources. Cavities (3 mm diameter x 6 mm deep) were prepared in 240 bovine incisors. The composite was bulk inserted and light-cured using halogen light, LED or xenon plasma arc (PAC) with different...

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Main Authors: Américo Bortolazzo Correr, Mário Alexandre Coelho Sinhoreti, Lourenço Correr-Sobrinho, Rubens Nisie Tango, Simonides Consani, Luis Felipe Jochins Schneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol) 2006-09-01
Series:Materials Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392006000300006