Lifetime of alumina- and zirconia ceramics used for crown and bridge restorations

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 317-321

  Tinschert, Joachim ^a   Natt, Gerd ^b   Mohrbotter, Nina ^a   Spiekermann, Hubertus ^a   Schulze, Karen A ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Dental Laboratory G Natt   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Characteristic strength; Fracture toughness; Lifetime; Oxide ceramics; Subcritical crack growth

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DENTAL MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; ZIRCONIA;

CHARACTERISTIC STRENGTH; OXIDE CERAMICS; SUBCRITICAL CRACK GROWTH;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; GLASS; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; EVALUATION; MECHANICS; MOISTURE; MOUTH CAVITY; STRENGTH; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CROWNS; DENTURE, PARTIAL; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 33846988966     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30599     Document Type: Article

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