On the chipping and splitting of teeth

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-321

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

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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

^c THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chipping; Critical load; Dietary history; Enamel; Splitting; Teeth

Indexed keywords

CHIPPING; CRITICAL LOAD; DIETARY HISTORY; SPLITTING; TEETH;

ENAMELS; FRACTURE; LOADS (FORCES);

TOOTH ENAMEL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH FRACTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; HUMANS; MOLAR; TOOTH; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH FRACTURES;

EID: 79751532307     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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