Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 34-38 , January 2008

Effects of glass fibers on light transmittance and color of fiber-reinforced composite

  • Sheela Sampath

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Materials, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: No. 393, 9th Cross, 2nd Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore 560011, India. Tel.: +91 98458 66181; fax: +91 820 2571071.
    • ,
  • Girish S. Ramachandra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India

Received 8 May 2006 ,Revised 22 November 2006 ,Accepted 30 December 2006.

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PII: S0109-5641(07)00044-9

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2006.12.010

Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 34-38 , January 2008

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