Opalescence of dental porcelain enamels

Quintessence International

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 439-449

  Primus, Carolyn M ^a,d   Chu, Christopher C Y ^b   Shelby, James E ^c   Buldrini, Eugenio ^d   Heckle, Christine E ^c,d  

^a Primus Consulting   (United States)

^b Sirona Dental Systems GmbH   (Germany)

^c ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Alfred University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Enamel; Enamel porcelain; Opal; Opal dental porcelain; Opalescence; Phase separated glass; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

GLASS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENAMEL; HUMAN; LIGHT; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALGORITHMS; COLOR; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PORCELAIN; GLASS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0036593005     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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