Crack arrest within teeth at the dentinoenamel junction caused by elastic modulus mismatch

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4238-4247

  Bechtle, Sabine ^a   Fett, Theo ^b   Rizzi, Gabriele ^b   Habelitz, Stefan ^c   Klocke, Arndt ^c   Schneider, Gerold A ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentin; Dentinoenamel junction; Elastic modulus mismatch; Enamel; Stress intensity factor; Toughness

Indexed keywords

3-POINT BENDING; BONDED INTERFACE; CRACK ARREST; CRACK PROPAGATION AND ARREST; DENTIN; DENTINOENAMEL JUNCTION; ELASTIC MODULUS MISMATCH; HUMAN TEETHS; MULTIPLE CRACK; STRESS INTENSITY; THIN MATERIALS; UNDERLYING CAUSE;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; DENTISTRY; ELASTIC MODULI; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

ENAMELS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL BONDING; DENTIN; ENAMEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH FRACTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOOTH FRACTURES;

EID: 77649272010     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.01.127     Document Type: Article

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