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The effect of zirconia sintering temperature on flexural strength, grain size, and contrast ratio

Bogna Stawarczyk1, Mutlu Ozcan, Lubica Hallmann

  • 1Clinic of Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and Dental Material Science, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Plattenstrasse 11, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland. bogna.stawarczyk@zzm.uzh.ch

Clinical Oral Investigations
|February 24, 2012
PubMed
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Keywords:
zirconia sinteringdental ceramic propertiesflexural strength testingcontrast ratio analysis

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