Dental Materials
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 296-301 , March 2007

Fracture resistance of implant-supported screw- versus cement-retained porcelain fused to metal single crowns: SEM fractographic analysis

  • Fernando Zarone

      Affiliations

    • Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondce to: Dipartimento di Scienze Odontostomatologiche e Maxillo-Facciali, Ed. 14, Universita degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, School of Dentistry, Via Pansini, 5-80131 Naples, Italy. Tel.: +39 081 7463018; fax: +39 081 7463018.
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  • Roberto Sorrentino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
    • Department of Dental Materials and Restorative Dentistry, University of Siena, Italy
    • ,
  • Tonino Traini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Sciences of Oral and Dental Diseases, School of Dentistry, University “G.d’Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
    • ,
  • Donato Di lorio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Sciences of Oral and Dental Diseases, School of Dentistry, University “G.d’Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
    • ,
  • Sergio Caputi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Sciences of Oral and Dental Diseases, School of Dentistry, University “G.d’Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Received 19 April 2005 ,Accepted 25 October 2005.

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Dental Materials
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