Failure analysis of clinically failed all-ceramic fixed partial dentures using fractal geometry

Dental Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 634-640

  Bulpakdi, Panida ^a   Taskonak, Burak ^a   Yan, Jiahau ^a   Mecholsky Jr , John J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental ceramic; Failure; Fixed partial denture; Fractal analysis; Fractography

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CORROSION FATIGUE; DENTAL PROSTHESES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTALS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; VENEERS; ZIRCONIA;

ALL CERAMICS; ANALYTIC TOOLS; CERAMIC RESTORATIONS; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTHS; DENTAL CERAMIC; EARLY FAILURES; FAILURE; FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTAL DIMENSIONAL INCREMENTS; FRACTAL GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE ORIGINS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS VALUES; IN-VITRO; STRESS CORROSIONS; STRUCTURE DESIGNS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

Y TZP CERAMIC; Y-TZP CERAMIC; YTTRIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; CORROSION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; EQUIPMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

CORROSION; DENTAL PORCELAIN; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; DENTAL VENEERS; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; YTTRIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 63349108354     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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