In vitro fracture toughness of human den
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Imbeni, V. ;Nalla, R. K. ;Bosi, C. ;Kinney, J. H. ;Ritchie, R. O.
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The __in vitro__ fracture toughness of human dentin has been reported to be of the order of 3 MPa√m. This result, however, is based on a single study for a single orientation, and furthermore involves notched, rather than fatigue precracked, test samples. The present study seeks to obta