Physicomechanical and cytotoxic properties of room temperature vulcanizing silicone prosthetic elastomers

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-248

  Polyzois, Gregory L ^a,c   Pettersen, Arne Hensten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Scand Inst of Dent Mat Research   (Norway)

^c School of Dentistry   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Factal prostheses; Physicomichanical properties; Silicones

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BIOMATERIAL; SILASTIC; SILSKIN II;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLAST; HARDNESS; HUMAN; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROSTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGAR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COLOR; DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLASTS; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS; MICE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0032134413     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016359850142871     Document Type: Article

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