Fracture of tooth enamel from incipient microstructural defects

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-120

  Chai, Herzl ^a   Lee, James J W ^b,c   Lawn, Brian R ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK GROWTH; CRACK RESISTANCE; CRACK SEGMENTS; FLEXURAL LOADING; HUMAN ENAMEL; HUMAN TEETHS; IN-SITU; INTERNAL DEFECTS; MICROSTRUCTURAL DEFECTS; MICROSTRUCTURAL FACTORS; SANDWICH CONFIGURATION; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH STRUCTURE;

CRACK TIPS; DENTISTRY; ENAMELS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

POLYCARBONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENAMEL; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOOTH; TOOTH FRACTURES; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350565960     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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