Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 940-943 , July 2008

Risks with dental materials

  • Anders Tillberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Odontology/Dental Materials Science, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 90 785 60 69.
    • ,
  • Bengt Järvholm

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital of Northern Sweden, Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Anders Berglund

      Affiliations

    • Department of Odontology/Dental Technicians Program, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Received 26 January 2007 ,Accepted 15 November 2007.

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PII: S0109-5641(07)00270-9

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2007.11.009

Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 940-943 , July 2008

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