Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 84-93 , January 2006

Effect of fiber volume fraction and length on the wear characteristics of glass fiber-reinforced dental composites

Received 26 April 2004 ,Revised 14 January 2005 ,Accepted 8 February 2005.

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PII: S0109-5641(05)00133-8

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.02.011

Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 84-93 , January 2006