Dental Materials
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 582-588 , May 2009

Measurement of the full-field polymerization shrinkage and depth of cure of dental composites using digital image correlation

  • Jianying Li

      Affiliations

    • Minnesota Dental Research Centre for Biomaterials and Biomechanics, University of Minnesota, USA
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  • Alex S.L. Fok

      Affiliations

    • Minnesota Dental Research Centre for Biomaterials and Biomechanics, University of Minnesota, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Minnesota Dental Research Centre for Biomaterials and Biomechanics, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, 16-212 Moos Tower, 515 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Tel.: +1 612 625 0950; fax: +1 612 626 1484.
    • ,
  • Julian Satterthwaite

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, University of Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • David C. Watts

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, University of Manchester, UK

Received 12 September 2008 ,Revised 31 October 2008 ,Accepted 1 November 2008.

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PII: S0109-5641(08)00263-7

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2008.11.001

Dental Materials
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 582-588 , May 2009

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