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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Dent. 2011 Apr 28;39(7):489–498. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2011.04.006

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Mechanical loading was applied on each FDP using a spherical indenter with an aluminum foil spacer of 0.8 mm thickness to allow load distribution. All specimens were inclined by 30 degrees with respect to the loading direction.