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Journal of Dental Research, Vol 55, 154-164, Copyright © 1976 by International & American Associations for Dental Research Online Journals

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Fracture properties of human enamel and dentin

S. T. Rasmussen, R. E. Patchin, D. B. Scott and A. H. Heuer

Fracture in enamel is anisotropic with respect ot the orientation of the enamel rods, with Wf for fracture parallel to the rods being 0.3 X 10(2) J/meter2 but on the order of 2.0 X 10(2) J/meter2 for fracture perpendicular to the rods. Fractographs of enamel showed that the enamel rods behaved as integral units during controlled fracture. A model was proposed to explain the fracture properties of enamel involving the assumption that the hydroxyapatite crystals did not fracture but that their orientation determined the fracture properties. Dentin was also anisotropic, with fracture parallel to the dentinal tubules being the strong direction - Wf was 5.5 X 10(2) J/meter2 for fracture parallel to the tubules, but 2.7 X 10(2) J/meter2 for fracture perpendicular to the tubules. Wf for dentin was of the same magnitude as the high strain rate Wf found for bone (2.0 X 10(2) J/meter2 [ref 3]). The data obtained in this investigation indicated that dentin and enamel are brittle substances and that forces occasionally imposed during mastication or bruxism probably are capable of initiating fracture when the normal anatomy of the tooth has been altered by cavity preparation. As consequence, the design of cavity preparations should include considerations to reduce stress concentrations and thus improve the practical fracture strength of tooth structure.


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