Dental Materials
Volume 25, Issue 7 , Pages 909-916 , July 2009

Mechanistic aspects of fatigue crack growth behavior in resin based dental restorative composites

  • M.B. Shah

      Affiliations

    • Materials Science, School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
    • ,
  • J.L. Ferracane

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomaterials & Biomechanics, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
    • ,
  • J.J. Kruzic

      Affiliations

    • Materials Science, School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Oregon State University, 204 Rogers Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. Tel.: +1 541 737 7027; fax: +1 541 737 2600.

Received 17 November 2008 ,Revised 15 January 2009 ,Accepted 19 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2009.01.097

Dental Materials
Volume 25, Issue 7 , Pages 909-916 , July 2009

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