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Accuracy of impression materials measured with a vertical height gauge

I Lewinstein1, R G Craig

  • 1Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials, Hebrew University, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
|July 1, 1990
PubMed

Keywords:
Dental impression materialsVertical height measurementDimensional changes in dentistryImpression accuracy methods

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