Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 86, Issue 5 , Pages 495-510 , November 2001

Use of contact testing in the characterization and design of all-ceramic crownlike layer structures: A review

Presented before the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics, February 2000, Chicago, Ill.

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☆ This study was supported by a grant from the U.S. National Institute of Dental Research, NIDR Grant PO1 DE10976.

☆☆ Information on product names and suppliers in this article is not to imply endorsement by NIST.

★ aFellow, Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

★★ bGraduate Student, Department of Materials and Nuclear Engineering, University of Maryland.

♢ cProfessor, Department of Prosthodontics and Biomaterials, Dental School, University of Medicine and Dentistry at New Jersey.

♢♢ Reprint requests to: Dr Brian R. Lawn, MSEL: Building 223, Room B309, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Fax: (301)975-5012, E-mail: brian.lawn@nist.gov

PII: S0022-3913(01)98225-3

doi: 10.1067/mpr.2001.119581

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 86, Issue 5 , Pages 495-510 , November 2001

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