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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dent Mater. 2018 Dec 20;35(2):344–355. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2018.11.034

Table 3.

Edge chipping results for an edge distance values ranging between 0.1 and 1.2 mm.

Material Cooling Load
direction
Edge chipping resistance,
ReA, (N/mm)
Fracture
Toughness, Kc
MPa.m1/2
PFM Slow Parallel 193.3 ab 0.8
Perpendicular 163.3 b 0.9
Fast Parallel 211.8 ab 1.0
Perpendicular 190.1 ab 1.2
Veneered zirconia Slow Parallel 205.9 ab 0.9
Perpendicular 251.0 a 1.2
Fast Parallel 197.8 ab 0.9
Perpendicular 184.3 ab 1.0