Helder Callegaro Velho, Kiara Serafini Dapieve, Elisa Donária Aboucauch Grassi, Alexandre Luiz Souto Borges, Renata Marques de Melo Marinho, Gabriel Kalil Rocha Pereira, Andressa Borin Venturini, Luiz Felipe Valandro
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of cusp inclination of the prosthetic preparation's occlusal surface and type of restorative material on the fatigue behavior, failure mode, and stress distribution of occlusal veneers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Glass fiber-reinforced epoxy resin prosthetic preparations for occlusal veneers with three different occlusal surface cusp inclination degrees (0°, 15°, and 30°) were produced and assigned into six testing groups (n = 11) according to the cusp inclination (0°, 15°, or 30°) and type of restorative material (lithium disilicate-LD or resin composite-RC)...
July 25, 2023: Clinical Oral Investigations