Effect of different light-curing devices and aging procedures on composite knoop microhardness

• Main Authors: Fernanda Regina Voltarelli (Author), Claudia Batitucci dos Santos-Daroz (Author), Marcelo Corrêa Alves (Author), Alessandra Rezende Peris (Author), Giselle Maria March (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of light-curing devices (Halogen/HAL, Light Emitting Diodes/LED, Argon Laser/LAS and Plasma Arc/PAC) and aging procedures (Mechanical Cycling/MC, Thermal Cycling/TC, Storage/S, MC+TC and MC+TC+S) on the micro-hardness of bottom/B and top/T surfaces of...