Bridging the gap between clinical failure and laboratory fracture strength tests using a fractographic approach

Dental Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-391

  Aboushelib, Moustafa N ^a,b   Feilzer, Albert J ^a   Kleverlaan, Cees J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Alexandria University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Clinical failure; Failure stress; Fractography; Fracture strength; Zirconia veneered restorations

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLASS CERAMICS; LOAD TESTING; REPAIR; RESTORATION; VENEERS; ZIRCONIA;

ALL CERAMICS; CLINICAL FAILURE; CONE CRACKINGS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; FAILURE STRESS; FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES; FRACTOGRAPHIC; FRACTURE STRENGTH; HOOP STRESS; LABORATORY SET-UP; UNIVERSAL TESTING MACHINES; ZIRCONIA VENEERED RESTORATIONS;

FRACTURE;

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; HARDNESS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; CROWNS; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL PORCELAIN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; DENTAL VENEERS; DENTURE DESIGN; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; ELASTIC MODULUS; HARDNESS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, DENTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 59149092803     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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