Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 9 , Pages 1169-1177 , September 2008

Influence of photoinitiator type on the rate of polymerization, degree of conversion, hardness and yellowing of dental resin composites

  • Luis Felipe J. Schneider

      Affiliations

    • Dental Materials Division, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: FOP-UNICAMP, Área Materiais Dentários, Av. Limeira 901, Caixa Postal 52, CEP 13414-903 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. Tel.: +55 19 2106 5345; fax: +55 19 21060144.
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  • Carmem S.C. Pfeifer

      Affiliations

    • Biomaterials and Oral Biochemistry Department, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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  • Simonides Consani

      Affiliations

    • Dental Materials Division, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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  • Scott A. Prahl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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  • Jack L. Ferracane

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomaterials & Biomechanics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA

Received 10 December 2007 ,Revised 6 January 2008 ,Accepted 7 January 2008.

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PII: S0109-5641(08)00019-5

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2008.01.007

Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 9 , Pages 1169-1177 , September 2008

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