Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 569-575 , June 2006

Characterization of Portland cement for use as a dental restorative material

  • Josette Camilleri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Building and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Malta, Malta
    • Department of Conservative Dentistry and Dental Biomaterials of the Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Dental Institute, King's College London, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Building and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Malta, Malta. Tel.: +356 2340 2894.
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  • Franco E. Montesin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Building and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Malta, Malta
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  • Richard V. Curtis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Conservative Dentistry and Dental Biomaterials of the Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Dental Institute, King's College London, London, UK
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  • Thomas R. Pitt Ford

      Affiliations

    • Department of Conservative Dentistry and Dental Biomaterials of the Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Dental Institute, King's College London, London, UK

Received 27 January 2005 ,Revised 2 June 2005 ,Accepted 16 June 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.06.005

Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 569-575 , June 2006