Research Summary: Patients' perception of the roughness of restoratives
Patients are very aware of rough restorations. ::: Little research has been carried out on the degree to which patients can detect differences in roughness. ::: This study shows that previous figures for surface roughness values were much too high. ::: Patients are very aware of rough restorations. Little research has been carried out on the degree to which patients can detect differences in roughness. This study shows that previous figures for surface roughness values were much too high.
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