Long-term corrosion of a Ga-containing restorative material

Dental Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-102

  Sarkar, N K ^a   Moiseyeva, R ^a   Berzins, D W ^a   Osborne, J W ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Expansion; Gallium; Internal and external corrosion; Marginal fracture; Restorative material; Sensitivity; Tooth fracture

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CHLORIDE; COPPER; DENTAL ALLOY; GALLIUM; GALLOY; INDIUM; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CORROSION; DENTAL SURGERY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BUFFERS; CHLORIDES; COPPER; CORROSION; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GALLIUM; HUMANS; INDIUM; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; PRECIPITATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TIN;

EID: 0034157072     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0109-5641(99)00081-0     Document Type: Article

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