Reliability and failure modes of internal conical dental implant connections

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-202

  Freitas Júnior, Amilcar C ^a   Almeida, Erika O ^b   Bonfante, Estevam A ^c   Silva, Nelson R F A ^d   Coelho, Paulo G ^e  

^a POTIGUAR UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c Inst Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza   (Brazil)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Fractography; Implant supported prostheses; Internal conical interface connection; Step stress accelerated life testing; Weibull

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTAL SURGERY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCISOR; MAXILLA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH IMPLANT; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

CROWNS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; INCISOR; MAXILLA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84872666532     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2012.02443.x     Document Type: Article

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