Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 571-576 , May 2008

Light transmission on dental resin composites

  • G.B. dos Santos

      Affiliations

    • Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Boulevard 28 de Setembro, 157, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro 20.0000, Brazil
    • Departamento de Odontologia Restauradora, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, R. São Paulo, 30, Centro, Niterói 24110-040, Brazil
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  • R.V. Monte Alto

      Affiliations

    • Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Boulevard 28 de Setembro, 157, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro 20.0000, Brazil
    • Departamento de Odontologia Restauradora, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, R. São Paulo, 30, Centro, Niterói 24110-040, Brazil
    • ,
  • H.R. Sampaio Filho

      Affiliations

    • Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Boulevard 28 de Setembro, 157, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro 20.0000, Brazil
    • ,
  • E.M. da Silva

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Odontologia Restauradora, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, R. São Paulo, 30, Centro, Niterói 24110-040, Brazil
    • ,
  • C.E. Fellows

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Espectroscopia e Laser, Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Av. Gen. Milton Tavares de Souza, s/n, Campus da Praia Vermelha, Boa Viagem, Niterói 24210-340, RJ, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55 21 2629 5800; fax: +55 21 2629 5887.

Received 20 November 2006 ,Accepted 6 June 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2007.06.015

Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 571-576 , May 2008

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