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Monday, March 14, 2011

Staying Strong in a Crunch

Think about the last time you bit into a crunchy fruit or vegetable. Just a normal, daily occurrence, right? Now imagine biting into that same fruit or vegetable during a time in your life that requires you to wear dentures. It could be a totally different experience. Adhesion and bond strength are of significant importance for our customers that require restorative dentistry.

The critical aspect of tensile testing for bond strength is to achieve the correct alignment of your specimen. For this, we have developed specimen preparation accessories to ensure correct alignment of the material during test set up. Although these particular types of tests do not predict clinical behavior, they do help scientists and researchers understand materials in a controlled laboratory environment.

Read more on Tensile Adhesion and Bond Strength of Dental Materials and Adhesives

Visit our Instron Biomedical Experts at Booth #208 at the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) in sunny San Diego, CA from March 16-19th! Stop by to see our 5944 and ElectroPuls™ testing systems in action!

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