Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 25-31 , March 2009

Fracture load of provisional fixed partial dentures with long-span fiber-reinforced acrylic resin and thermocycling

  • Wen-Cheng Chen

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Cheng Hung

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Division of Prosthodontics, Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Chiun Huang

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Kuang Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jen-Chyan Wang

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Division of Prosthodontics, Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. School of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, No. 100, Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan

Received 5 November 2008 ,Accepted 23 January 2009.

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PII: S1991-7902(09)60005-2

doi: 10.1016/S1991-7902(09)60005-2

Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 25-31 , March 2009

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