Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 10 , Pages 925-933 , October 2006

The nucleation and crystallization of fine grained leucite glass-ceramics for dental applications

  • Michael J. Cattell

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Adult Oral Health, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, Turner Street, Whitechapel, London E1 2AD, UK
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  • Thomas C. Chadwick

      Affiliations

    • 496 Alegre Avenue, Nipomo, CA 93444, USA
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  • Jonathan C. Knowles

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK
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  • Richard L. Clarke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomaterials in Relation to Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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  • Dayananda Y.D. Samarawickrama

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Adult Oral Health, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, Turner Street, Whitechapel, London E1 2AD, UK

Received 22 July 2005 ,Accepted 27 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.10.003

Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 10 , Pages 925-933 , October 2006

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