Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
Volume 66A, Issue 1, Pages 10-20Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.10553
Keywords
dentin; fatigue; SIN behavior; fractography; sustained-load cracking; fatigue-crack growth; fatigue threshold; life prediction
Funding
- NIDCR NIH HHS [P01DE09859] Funding Source: Medline
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Although human dentin is known to be susceptible to failure under repetitive cyclic fatigue loading, there are few reports in the literature that reliably quantify this phenomenon. This study seeks to address the paucity of fatigue data through a systematic investigation of the effects of prolonged cyclical loading on human dentin in an environment of ambient temperature Hank's balanced salt solution (HBSS) at cyclic frequencies of 2 and 20 Hz. The stress-life (S/N) data thus obtained are discussed in the context of possible mechanisms of fatigue damage and failure in this material. In addition, stiffness loss data collected in situ during the SIN tests are used to deduce crack velocities and the thresholds for such cracking. These results are presented in a fracture mechanics context as plots of fatigue-crack propagation rates (da/dN) as a function of the stress-intensity range (DeltaK). Such S/N and da/dN-DeltaK data are discussed in light of the development of a framework for a fracture-mechanics-based methodology for the prediction of the fatigue life of teeth. It is concluded that the presence of small (on the order of 250 mum) incipient flaws in human teeth will not radically affect their useful life. (C) 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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