Spatial distribution of the human enamel fracture toughness with aging

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 148-154

  Zheng, Qinghua ^a   Xu, Haiping ^a   Song, Fan ^b   Zhang, Lan ^a   Zhou, Xuedong ^a   Shao, Yingfeng ^b   Huang, Dingming ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Enamel; Fracture toughness; Mechanical property; Mineral content

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM); CHEMICAL CONTENT; CLINICAL TREATMENTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; MICRO-INDENTATION TESTS; MINERAL CONTENT; NANOINDENTATION TESTS; OCCLUSAL SURFACES;

AGING OF MATERIALS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRACKS; ENAMELING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MINERALS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ENAMELS;

CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DENTAL PATIENT; ENAMEL; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH FRACTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGING; ENAMEL; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MINERAL CONTENT;

AGED; AGING; DENTAL ENAMEL; ELASTIC MODULUS; HARDNESS TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880043597     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.04.025     Document Type: Article

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