Morphology and fracture of enamel

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1947-1951

  Myoung, Sangwon ^a,b   Lee, James ^a,c   Constantino, Paul ^c   Lucas, Peter ^c   Chai, Herzl ^d   Lawn, Brian ^a  

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

^b Changwon National University   (South Korea)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dentistry; Enamel; Evolutionary biology; Fracture; Microindentation; Tufts

Indexed keywords

CORNER CRACKS; CRACK RESISTANCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL FORCES; HUMAN MOLARS; MICROINDENTATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SELF-HEALING; STRESS SHIELDING; TUFTS; WEAK INTERFACE;

BIOLOGY; CRACKS; DENTISTRY; ENAMELS; FRACTURE; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENAMEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOOTH FRACTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; HUMANS; MOLAR, THIRD; TOOTH FRACTURES;

EID: 68149125673     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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