Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 9 , Pages 1230-1235 , September 2008

Photoconductive method for measuring light transmission to the root of metal–ceramic and all-ceramic restorations

  • Yun-Lin Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Lin Lai

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Dental Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hui-Lin Chen

      Affiliations

    • Dental Department, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Yuan Hung

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Xiu-Ling Chen

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shyh-Yuan Lee

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Dental Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 28267235; fax: +886 2 28264053.

Received 9 April 2007 ,Accepted 17 January 2008.

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PII: S0109-5641(08)00037-7

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2008.01.015

Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 9 , Pages 1230-1235 , September 2008

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