Mechanics of longitudinal cracks in tooth enamel

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2285-2292

  Barani, A ^a   Keown, A J ^a   Bush, M B ^a   Lee, J J W ^b   Chai, H ^c   Lawn, B R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bite force; Enamel; Longitudinal channel cracks; Teeth; Three dimensional finite element modeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ENAMELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TOOTH ENAMEL;

AXIAL COMPRESSIVE LOADING; BITE FORCE; CHANNEL CRACKING; LONGITUDINAL CHANNEL CRACK; LONGITUDINAL CHANNELS; LONGITUDINAL CRACKS; MOLAR TEETH; TEETH ENAMEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; TOOTH;

CRACKS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BITE; COMPRESSION; ENAMEL; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOADING TEST; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH FRACTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79953907783     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.01.038     Document Type: Article

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