Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 908-914 , July 2008

Correlation between ceramics translucency and polymerization efficiency through ceramics

Received 2 February 2007 ,Revised 9 November 2007 ,Accepted 9 November 2007.

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PII: S0109-5641(07)00259-X

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2007.11.006

Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 908-914 , July 2008

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