title: Assessing restorative dental materials: I. Test methods and assessment of results.
abstract: Many methodologies are used during the testing of dental materials. Among these are compressive, tensile and flexural strengths, and fracture toughness. However, different tests are relevant to different materials and clinical situations. This paper describes different test methodologies and discusses the substantiation of research claims in publications and advertising.
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham School of Dentistry.
authors.forename: F J T
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: A C C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Shortall
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Combe
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Aitchison
mesh_terms: D019245:Compressive Strength; D001840:Dental Bonding; D003763:Dental Leakage / Q000145:classification; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D004548:Elasticity; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006244:Hardness; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D018583:Pliability; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013499:Surface Properties; D013718:Tensile Strength; D016474:Weight-Bearing
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials