Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 291-297 , March 2006

Effect of water storage on the impact strength of three glass fiber-reinforced composites

  • Yutaka Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Removable Prosthodontics, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • John Chai

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: John Chai, 1065, King's Road, Room 401, Eastern Centre, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong SAR
    • ,
  • Swee-Chian Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prosthodontics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

Received 30 March 2004 ,Revised 16 February 2005 ,Accepted 5 April 2005.

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PII: S0109-5641(05)00174-0

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.04.035

Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 291-297 , March 2006

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