Dental Materials
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 74-79 , January 2009

Evaluation of crack propagation in dental composites by optical coherence tomography

  • Ana K.S. Braz

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Odontology, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Graduate Program in Odontology, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Rua Washington Luís 51, Cabo de SantoAgostinho-Pernambuco 54510-440, Brazil. Tel.: +55 81 3524 0234/99223464.
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  • Bernardo B.C. Kyotoku

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
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  • Rodivan Braz

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Odontology, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
    • ,
  • Anderson S.L. Gomes

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Odontology, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
    • Department of Physics Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil

Received 18 April 2007 ,Revised 12 April 2008 ,Accepted 15 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2008.04.011

Dental Materials
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 74-79 , January 2009

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