Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Pages 467-472 , November 2002

Fit of cast commercially pure titanium and Ti-6Al-4V alloy crowns before and after marginal refinement by electrical discharge machining

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☆ Financially supported by State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) grant Nos. 1999/03896-6 and 1999/03793-2.

☆☆ Reprint requests to: Dr Guilherme Elias Pessanha Henriques, Rua Campos Salles, 2006/92, CEP 13416-310, Piracicaba, São Paulo, BRAZIL, Fax: 00-55-19 4305218, E-mail: guilherm@fop.unicamp.br

★ aPhD candidate, State University of Campinas.

★★ bAssociate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, State University of Campinas.

♢ cAssistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Federal University of Paraná.

♢♢ dAssociate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, State University of Campinas.

PII: S0022-3913(02)00253-6

doi: 10.1067/mpr.2002.128954

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 88, Issue 5 , Pages 467-472 , November 2002

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