Glass fiber reinforcement in repaired acrylic resin removable dentures: Preliminary results of a clinical study

Quintessence International

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Vallittu, Pekka K ^a,b  

^a Nordisk Institutt for Odontologiske Materialer   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; GLASS; GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTURE BASES; DENTURE REBASING; DENTURE REPAIR; DENTURE, COMPLETE; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; GLASS; HUMANS;

EID: 0030621778     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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