Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 601-607 , May 2007

Surface and elemental alterations of dental alloys induced by electro discharge machining (EDM)

Received 18 October 2005 ,Revised 1 March 2006 ,Accepted 9 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2006.03.021

Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 601-607 , May 2007

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