statement of problem: tooth-coloured restorative materials are brittle with the major shortcomings of sensitivity to flaws and defects. although various mechanical properties of resin composites have been studied, no fracture toughness test data for nano-hybrid composites under acidic condition for a long period of time has been published. objectives: to compare the fracture toughness (k ic ) o...

statement of the problem: vertical root fractures are catastrophic events that often result in tooth extraction. many contributing factor are associated with increasing incidence of vertical root fracture. root canal preparation is one of the predisposing factors which can increase the root susceptibility to vertical fracture. purpose: the aim of this study was to compare the effects of three d...

statement of problem: it is yet unclear whether fiber-reinforced composite posts can enhance the mechanical properties and prevent vertical fractures of teeth under chewing loads. purpose: the purpose of this study was to compare the fracture resistance and failure mode of endodontically treated teeth restored with three different post systems. materials and methods: thirty-six maxillary canine...

OBJECTIVES The accuracy of patients' perception of risk is important for decisions about treatment in many diseases. We framed the risk of fracture and benefits of treatment in different ways and assessed the impact on patients' perception of fracture risk and intentions to take medication. DESIGN Randomised trial of 4 different presentations of fracture risk and likely benefits from osteopor...

background and aims. the present study evaluated the most common reasons for replacing amalgam restorations in a university clinic. materials and methods. a total of 217 restorations which needed to be replaced were clinically and radiographically evaluated in a period of 4 months. the frequencies of reasons for replacing amalgam restorations were calculated: the assessed items included recurre...

in this work, studies of underground gas storage (ugs) were performed on a partially depleted, naturally fractured gas reservoir through compositional simulation. reservoir dynamic model was calibrated by history matching of about 20 years of researvoir production. effects of fracture parameters, i.e. fracture shape factor, fracture permeability and porosity were studied. results showed that di...

stress-intensity factors (sifs) are the most important parameters in fracture mechanics analysis of structures. these parameters are evaluated for a stationary crack in functionally graded plates of arbitrary geometry using a novel galerkin based mesh-free method. the method involves an element-free galerkin method (efgm), where the material properties are smooth functions of spatial coordinate...

simultaneous mid third clavicle fracture and acromioclavicular joint dislocation is a rare combination injury, as a result of high-energy trauma. we report a patient with a middle third clavicle fracture and ipsilateral grade three-acromioclavicular joint dislocation, which is a rare combination. the patient wanted to get back to work as soon as possible, so the fracture was fixed with reconstr...