Journal of Dentistry
Volume 36, Issue 9 , Pages 718-725 , September 2008

Effect of fluoride containing bleaching agents on enamel surface properties

  • Hui-Ping Chen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Oral Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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  • Chih-Han Chang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jia-Kuang Liu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Oral Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shu-Fen Chuang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Oral Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Dentistry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, 138 Sheng-Li Road, Tainan 70428, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 6 2364048 (R)/886 6 2353535x5412 (O); fax: +886 6 2766626.
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  • Jin-Yi Yang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Oral Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan

Received 12 February 2008 ,Revised 21 March 2008 ,Accepted 7 May 2008.

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PII: S0300-5712(08)00157-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2008.05.003

Journal of Dentistry
Volume 36, Issue 9 , Pages 718-725 , September 2008

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