Defects in hexed gold prosthetic screws: A metallographic and tensile analysis

☆ This research was supported by a 1999 Tylman Research grant and received the second-place Tylman competition award at the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics 50th Annual Scientific Session in Chicago, Ill., February 2001. An abstract (#1237) of the research also was presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research in Chicago, Ill., March 2001.

☆☆ ^aPrivate practice, Bombay, India.

★ ^bAssociate Professor and Director, Graduate Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry.

★★ ^cProfessor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering.

♢ ^dAssociate Professor (retired), Division of Dental Biomaterials, School of Dentistry.

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PII: S0022-3913(02)76992-8

doi: 10.1067/mpr.2002.121165

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