Sponsored by: Dental Materials
Description: You will learn an outline of techniques used to identify the origin of failure in crowns and bridges. The information and methods needed to discern good and bad material applications will be identified. These points will demonstrate the accessibility and usefulness of fracture mechanics and fractal geometry in dental materials.
Learning Objectives:
Key characteristics to identify the most likely location of the failure origin in crowns and bridges
The participant will have a step-by-step procedure to follow for failure analysis
The participant will learn the most useful references and resources to develop future investigations