Stress-strain response in human dentine: Rethinking fracture predilection in postcore restored teeth

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-100

  Kishen, Anil ^a,c   Kumar, Ganesh V ^a   Chen, Nah Nah ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b National Dental Centre of Singapore   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Dentine; Fractography; Strain; Stress; Tooth fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; DISASTER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LASER MICROSCOPY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 1842782363     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-4469.2004.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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