Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 366-373 , April 2006

Fluoride release from dental cements and composites: A mechanistic study

  • Wailan D. Chan

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5C1
    • ,
  • Lifang Yang

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5C1
    • ,
  • Wankei Wan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5C1
    • Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5C1
    • ,
  • Amin S. Rizkalla

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5C1
    • Division of Biomaterials Science, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5C1
    • Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5C1
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Division of Biomaterials Science, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5C1. Tel.: +1 519 661 2111x86086/82212; fax: +1 519 661 3416.

Received 26 October 2004 ,Accepted 7 April 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.04.028

Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 366-373 , April 2006

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