Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 151-158 , August 2002

Internal porosity of cast titanium removable partial dentures: Influence of sprue direction on porosity in circumferential clasps of a clinical framework design

Presented in part at the 33rd general meeting of the Niigata Dental Society, Niigata, Japan, April 2000.

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☆ Reprint requests to: Dr Kouichi Watanabe, Department of Dental Materials and Technology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University, Gakkocho-Dori 2-5274, Niigata 951-8514, JAPAN, Fax: (81)25-227-2854, E-mail: watakou@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp

☆☆ aFormer postgraduate student, Department of Fixed Prosthodontics.

★ bAssociate Professor, Department of Dental Materials and Technology.

★★ cFormer Professor, Department of Fixed Prosthodontics.

♢ dProfessor, Department of Dental Materials and Technology.

♢♢ †Deceased.

PII: S0022-3913(02)00072-0

doi: 10.1067/mpr.2002.127400

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 151-158 , August 2002

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