All-ceramic systems: Laboratory and clinical performance

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-352

  Guess, Petra C ^a   Schultheis, Stefan ^a   Bonfante, Estevam A ^b   Coelho, Paulo G ^c   Ferencz, Jonathan L ^c   Silva, Nelson R F A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Unigranrio University   (Brazil)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

All ceramic material; Alumina; CAM CAD; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953299695     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2011.01.005     Document Type: Review

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