STATIC BEHAVIOR OF A ZIRCONIA ABUTMENT SUBJECTED TO ARTIFICIAL AGING. FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

ABSTRACT. Introduction: some studies on the effect of zirconia aging mention a degree of reduction of zirconia′s fracture strength varying from 20 to 40%, while other authors argue that aging does not affect the material′s strength. The aim of this study was to evaluate the response of a zirconia...

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Main Authors: Nini Tatiana Suárez-B, Julio César Escobar-Rstrepo, Federico Latorre-Correa, Junes Villarraga-Ossa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Antioquia
Series:Revista Facultad de Odontología Universidad de Antioquia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0121-246X2015000200030&lng=en&tlng=en