The reliability in flexural strength testing of a novel dental composite

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 549-557

  Palin, William M ^a   Fleming, Garry J P ^a   Trevor Burke, F J ^a   Marquis, Peter M ^a   Randall, Ros C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi axial flexure; Cationic polymerisation; Dental composite; Oxirane monomers; Three point flexure; Weibull statistics

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE DERIVATIVE; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RESIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DENTISTRY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RELIABILITY; STRENGTH; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0141838588     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-5712(03)00110-6     Document Type: Article

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