Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 11 , Pages 1342-1348 , November 2007

Influence of different light curing units on the cytotoxicity of various dental composites

  • Bernd W. Sigusch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Conservative Dentistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, An der Alten Post 4, Jena D-07743, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 3641 934581; fax: +49 3641 934582.
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  • Andrea Völpel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Conservative Dentistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, An der Alten Post 4, Jena D-07743, Germany
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  • Ingo Braun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Conservative Dentistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, An der Alten Post 4, Jena D-07743, Germany
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  • Alexander Uhl

      Affiliations

    • E.M.S., Electro Medical Systems SA, Chemin de la Vuarpillière 31, CH-1260 Nyon, Switzerland
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  • Klaus D. Jandt

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Materials Science and Technology, IMT, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Löbdergraben 32, Jena D-07743, Germany

Received 6 February 2006 ,Revised 2 November 2006 ,Accepted 16 November 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2006.11.013

Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 11 , Pages 1342-1348 , November 2007

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