Influence of Enamel Stylus Stiffness on the Sliding-wear Behavior of a Composite Restorative
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 61 (3) , 493-496
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345820610031001
Abstract
The wear behavior of a composite restorative in sliding contact with a stylus fashioned from human enamel has been investigated as a function of the effective stiffness of the stylus-restorative contact. The results demonstrate that: (1) the stiffness parameter affects wear surface morphology of both the composite and the enamel; and (2) a decrease in stiffness produces a larger variance in the rate of wear of a composite, but this factor has no significant effect on the average wear-rate for the material and test conditions explored.Keywords
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