The role of skirt geometry of dental crowns on the mechanics of failure: Experimental and numerical study

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 661-668

  Whitton, Anne ^a   Qasim, Tarek ^a   Ford, Chris ^a   Hu, Xiao Zhi ^a   Bush, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brittle coatings; Finite element modelling; Radial cracks; Skirt length

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CRACK INITIATION; DENTAL MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BRITTLE COATINGS; BRITTLE GLASS COATINGS; DENTAL CROWNS; POLYMERIC SUBSTRATES; RADIAL CRACKS; SKIRT LENGTH;

DENTISTRY;

GLASS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH CROWN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROWNS; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLASS; HUMANS; MECHANICS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 44349154894     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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