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Fatigue limits of titanium-bar joints made with the laser and the electric resistance welding techniques:
Marco Degidi1, Diego Nardi2, Alessandro Morri3
11 Private Practice, Bologna, Italy.
Abstract:
Fatigue behavior of the titanium bars is of utmost importance for the safe and reliable operation of dental implants and prosthetic constructions based on these implants. To date, however, only few data are available on the fatigue strength of dental prostheses made with electric resistance welding and laser welding techniques. This in-vitro study highlighted that although the joints made with the laser welding approach are credited of a superior tensile strength, joints made with electric resistance welding exhibited double the minimum fatigue strength with respect to the joints made with laser welding (120 vs 60 N).
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