Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 153-158 , February 2007

Effect of in-office tooth bleaching on the microhardness of six dental esthetic restorative materials

  • Olga Polydorou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, Dental School and Hospital, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 761 270 4757; fax: +49 761 270 4762.
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  • Jürgen Schulte Mönting

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biometry and Statistics, Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany
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  • Elmar Hellwig

      Affiliations

    • Department of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, Dental School and Hospital, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany
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  • Thorsten M. Auschill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, Dental School and Hospital, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany

Received 25 August 2005 ,Accepted 4 January 2006.

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PII: S0109-5641(06)00008-X

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2006.01.004

Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 153-158 , February 2007

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