Analysis of subcritical crack growth in dental ceramics using fracture mechanics and fractography

Dental Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 700-707

  Taskonak, Burak ^a   Griggs, Jason A ^a   Mecholsky Jr , John J ^b   Yan, Jia Hau ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental ceramic; Fracture surface analysis; Stressing rate; Subcritical crack growth; Testing environment

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

DENTAL CERAMICS; FRACTURE SURFACE ANALYSIS; STRESSING RATE; SUBCRITICAL CRACK GROWTH; TESTING ENVIRONMENT;

DENTAL MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; GLASS; IN CERAM ZIRCONIA; IN-CERAM ZIRCONIA; OIL; VITADUR ALPHA; WATER; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PLIABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; DENTAL POLISHING; DENTAL PORCELAIN; GLASS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OILS; PLIABILITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 40749093600     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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