Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 11 , Pages 1363-1368 , November 2007

Light transmission through porcelain

  • Rogéli T.R.C. Peixoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Restorative Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Rua Miradouro, 40/101, Bairro Sion, 30.310-640 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Tel.: +55 31 3287 7973; fax: +55 31 3287 7973.
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  • Vanessa Maria F. Paulinelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Restorative Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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  • Herbert H. Sander

      Affiliations

    • Department of Restorative Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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  • Marcos D. Lanza

      Affiliations

    • Department of Restorative Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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  • Luiz Alberto Cury

      Affiliations

    • Department of Optical Physics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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  • Luiz Thadeu A. Poletto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Restorative Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Received 13 May 2006 ,Revised 7 July 2006 ,Accepted 16 November 2006.

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PII: S0109-5641(06)00312-5

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2006.11.025

Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 11 , Pages 1363-1368 , November 2007

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