Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 3-12 , January 2006

Structural optimization of dental restorations using the principle of adaptive growth

  • Guillaume Couegnat

      Affiliations

    • Ecole des Mines D'Albi, Carmaux, France
  • ,
  • Siu L. Fok

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
  • ,
  • Jonathan E. Cooper

      Affiliations

    • School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
  • ,
  • Alison J.E. Qualtrough

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, University of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 161 275 6731; fax: +44 161 275 6710.

Received 14 December 2004 ,Revised 31 March 2005 ,Accepted 4 April 2005.

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PII: S0109-5641(05)00122-3

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.04.003

Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 3-12 , January 2006