Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 88-94 , January 2007

Methyl methacrylate monomer–polymer equilibrium in solid polymer

Received 18 October 2005 ,Revised 6 December 2005 ,Accepted 6 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.12.004

Dental Materials
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