Effects of porcelain thickness on the flexural strength and crack propagation in a bilayered zirconia system

• Main Authors: Viviane Maria Gonçalves de Figueiredo (Author), Sarina Maciel Braga Pereira (Author), Eduardo Bressiani (Author), Márcia Carneiro Valera (Author), Marco Antônio Bottino (Author), Yu Zhang (Author), Renata Marques de Melo (Author)
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• Published: University of São Paulo.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: This study evaluated the influence of porcelain (VM9, VITA Zahnfabrik, Germany) thickness on the flexural strength and crack propagation in bilayered zirconia systems (YZ, VITA Zahnfabrik, Germany). Material and Methods: Thirty zirconia bars (20.0x4.0x1.0 mm) and six zirconia blo...