title: Laser fusion of selected dental casting alloys.
abstract: Laser-fused precious, nonprecious, and mixed metal welds were investigated for optimum weld energy requirement as determined by tensile strength tests. These strengths were compared to soldered unions. Laser fusion is as good as, or better than, unions created by conventional dental joining methods.
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003722:Dental Alloys / Q000378:metabolism / Q000592:standards; D012994:Dental Soldering; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D003722:Dental Alloys