Strength analysis of a three-unit dental bridge framework with the Finite Element Method

Łukasz Reimann1, Jarosław Żmudzki1, Leszek A Dobrzański1

  • 1Institute of Materials Engineering and Biomaterials, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.

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