Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 88, Issue 6 , Pages 604-610 , December 2002

Fatigue resistance of two implant/abutment joint designs

Presented in two parts at the 30th American Association for Dental Research annual meeting, Chicago, Ill., March 2001, and the 79th International Association for Dental Research meeting, Chiba, Japan, June 2001.

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☆ Supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (project no. 11771213), Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

☆☆ Reprint requests to: Dr Ameen Khraisat, Division of Oral Health in Aging and Fixed Prosthodontics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Gakko-Cho-Dori 2-5274, Niigata 951-8514, JAPAN, Fax: (81) 25-227-0809, E-mail: ameen@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp

★ aPostgraduate student, Division of Oral Health in Aging and Fixed Prosthodontics.

★★ bAssistant Professor, Division of Oral Health in Aging and Fixed Prosthodontics.

♢ cProfessor and Chairman, Division of Oral Health in Aging and Fixed Prosthodontics.

♢♢ dProfessor and Chairman, Division of Dental Biomaterial Science.

PII: S0022-3913(02)00295-0

doi: 10.1067/mpr.2002.129384

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Volume 88, Issue 6 , Pages 604-610 , December 2002

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