Predicting failure in mammalian enamel

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-42

  Lawn, Brian R ^a   Lee, James Jin Wu ^a   Constantino, Paul J ^b   Lucas, Peter W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentistry; Enamel; Evolutionary biology; Teeth

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RELATIONS; CONTACT LOADINGS; CONTACT TESTS; CRITICAL LOADS; DAMAGE MODES; DENTAL ENAMELS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FRACTURE PATHS; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MODEL GLASSES; OCCLUSAL LOADINGS; POLYMER RESINS; SHEATH STRUCTURES; SHELL STRUCTURES; TEETH; TOOTH GEOMETRIES; TWO-PHASE MATERIALS; VITAL ELEMENTS;

ABS RESINS; BIOLOGY; BUILDING MATERIALS; DENTAL COMPOSITES; DENTISTRY; DOMES; ENAMELS; EPOXY RESINS; GLASS; GLASS CERAMICS; GLASS FIBERS; MAMMALS; POLYMERIC GLASS; RESINS;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

BIOMATERIAL; EPOXY RESIN; GLASS; POLYMER;

BIOMECHANICS; CERAMICS; DENTISTRY; DENTITION; ENAMEL; GEOMETRY; HARDNESS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CERAMICS; DENTAL ENAMEL; EPOXY RESINS; GLASS; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLAR; TOOTH FRACTURES;

EID: 55249092468     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2008.05.007     Document Type: Review

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