Thursday, March 22, 2007

12:15 PM-1:30 PM Ernest N. Morial Convention Center 395-397, Lunch and Learning
Fatigue-testing of Ceramic Implants and Implant Abutments

Sponsored by: Dental Materials
Description: The trend toward esthetic abutments and now one-piece ceramic implants has led to concerns with strength and fatigue. Design of step-stress fatigue-testing protocols for zirconia abutments and implants will be discussed, and interpretation of Weibull results in light of fractographic findings will be presented.
 
  12:15 PM Fatigue-testing of Ceramic Implants and Implant Abutments
V.P. THOMPSON, New York University College of Dentistry, USA

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