Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 29-36 , January 2006

Strength and fracture pattern of monolithic CAD/CAM-generated posterior crowns

  • Andreas Bindl

      Affiliations

    • Division of Aesthetic and Computer Restorations, Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, Center for Dental and Oral Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 1 2613330; fax: +41 1 2613329.
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  • Heinz Lüthy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Dental Materials, Center for Dental and Oral Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Werner H. Mörmann

      Affiliations

    • Division of Aesthetic and Computer Restorations, Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, Center for Dental and Oral Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Received 3 August 2004 ,Revised 11 January 2005 ,Accepted 1 February 2005.

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PII: S0109-5641(05)00125-9

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.02.007

Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 29-36 , January 2006

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