Influence of connector design and material composition and veneering on the stress distribution of all-ceramic fixed dental prostheses: A finite element study

Dental Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Möllers, Kristina ^a   Pätzold, Wiebke ^a   Parkot, Daniel ^a   Kirsten, Armin ^a   Güth, Jan Frederik ^b   Edelhoff, Daniel ^b   Fischer, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Fixed dental prosthesis; Framework dimension; Stress distribution; Veneering material

Indexed keywords

ALL-CERAMIC; CONNECTOR DESIGN; DENTAL RESTORATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE-ELEMENT STUDY; FIRST PRINCIPAL STRESS; FIXED DENTAL PROSTHESIS; FRAMEWORK DIMENSION; LOADING CAPACITIES; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; STANDARD METHOD; VENEERING CERAMICS; VENEERING MATERIAL; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FILLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROSTHETICS; RESTORATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THERMOELECTRICITY; VENEERS;

DENTAL PROSTHESES;

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; LITHIA DISILICATE; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL PORCELAIN; DENTAL VENEERS; DENTURE DESIGN; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATERIALS TESTING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 79959735087     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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