Mechanical behavior and failure analysis of prosthetic retaining screws after long-term use in vivo. Part 4: Failure analysis of 10 fractured retaining screws retrieved from three patients

Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-210

  Al Jabbari, Youssef S ^a   Fournelle, Raymond ^b   Ziebert, Gerald ^c   Toth, Jeffrey ^c   Iacopino, Anthony M ^d,e  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d Faculty of Dentistry

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Ductile fracture; Failure analysis; Fatigue failure; Fatigue striations; Prosthetic screw failure; Ratchet marks

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HARDNESS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASTICATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

BITE FORCE; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL RESTORATION WEAR; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 41649100086     PISSN: 1059941X     EISSN: 1532849X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-849X.2007.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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