Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 177-185 , February 2007

Cyclic fatigue in water of veneer–framework composites for all-ceramic dental bridges

  • André R. Studart

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials, ETH-Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Department of Materials, Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials, Wolfgang–Pauli-Strasse 10, ETH Hönggerberg, HCI G 539, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 44 632 37 18; fax: +41 44 632 11 32.
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  • Frank Filser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials, ETH-Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Peter Kocher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials, ETH-Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Heinz Lüthy

      Affiliations

    • Dental School, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Ludwig J. Gauckler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials, ETH-Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Received 3 August 2005 ,Accepted 9 January 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2006.01.011

Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 177-185 , February 2007

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