The effect of zirconia sintering temperature on flexural strength, grain size, and contrast ratio

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 269-274

  Stawarczyk, Bogna ^a   Özcan, Mutlu ^a   Hallmann, Lubica ^a   Ender, Andreas ^a   Mehl, Albert ^a   Hämmerlet, Christoph H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contrast ratio; Flexural strength; Grain size; Sintering temperature; Translucency; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871934507     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-012-0692-6     Document Type: Article

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