Journal of Dentistry
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 201-206 , March 2007

An in vitro quantitative antibacterial analysis of amalgam and composite resins

  • Nurit Beyth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prosthodontics, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, P.O. Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
    • ,
  • Abraham J. Domb

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy-Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
    • Affiliated with the Alex Gross Center for Drug Design and Synthesis and the David R. Bloom Center for Pharmaceutical Research at The Hebrew University, Lionel Jacobson Chair in Medicinal Chemistry.
    • ,
  • Ervin I. Weiss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prosthodontics, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, P.O. Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 2 6776142; fax: +972 2 6429683.

Received 5 April 2006 ,Revised 13 July 2006 ,Accepted 22 July 2006.

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PII: S0300-5712(06)00152-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2006.07.009

Journal of Dentistry
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 201-206 , March 2007

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