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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Mater Res. 2009 Mar 1;24(3):1075–1081. doi: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0081

Figure 6.

Figure 6

A clinically fractured Cerestore upper right first molar crown following 19 years of intraoral service, showing that fracture initiated within the occlusal contact area and extended to the gingival margin in (a) lingual view and (b) occlusal view. SEM images were supplied by Susanne Scherrer. Note: the damage patterns are similar in clinical crown and curved glass bilayer system.