Fractographic analysis of a dental zirconia framework: A case study on design issues

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 623-629

  Lohbauer, Ulrich ^a   Amberger, Gudrun ^a   Quinn, George D ^b   Scherrer, Susanne S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ceramic restoration; Dental ceramic; Failure analysis; Fixed partial denture; Fractography; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

ALL-CERAMIC; CERAMIC RESTORATIONS; DENTAL CERAMIC; DESIGN ISSUES; FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES; FRACTOGRAPHIC; FRACTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; FRACTURE ORIGINS; VENEERING CERAMICS; WAKE HACKLE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DENTAL MATERIALS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESTORATION; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VENEERS; ZIRCONIA;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; DENTURE; DEVICE; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 77956343821     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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