Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 8 , Pages 1083-1094 , August 2008

Cure width potential for MOD resin composite molar restorations

Received 23 July 2007 ,Revised 7 January 2008 ,Accepted 7 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2008.01.001

Dental Materials
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