Fracture susceptibility of worn teeth

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 247-256

  Keown, Amanda J ^a   Bush, Mark B ^a   Ford, Chris ^b   Lee, James J W ^c   Constantino, Paul J ^d   Lawn, Brian R ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^d MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical load; Enamel; Longitudinal fracture; Teeth; Worn surfaces

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL LOAD; DOME STRUCTURE; EPOXY FILLERS; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; FLAT SURFACES; FOOD CONTACT; FRACTURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HARD SPHERES; INDENTERS; LOAD-BEARING CAPACITY; LONGITUDINAL CRACKS; SHELL THICKNESS; SIDE WALLS; TEETH; WEAR DEPTH; WORN SURFACE;

DOMES; ENAMELS; SPHERES;

FRACTURE;

EPOXY RESIN; GLASS;

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENAMEL; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; GLASS; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH; TOOTH ATTRITION;

EID: 81455141299     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.08.028     Document Type: Article

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