A new paper about « Case study in Engineering Failure Analysis » published on ScienceDirect.com.

This paper describes the fractographic analysis of a veneer-ZrO2 single-unit dental prosthesis that fractured in a shell-like manner. Analysis of the retrieved fragment revealed that the crack originated in the bulk of the veneer from a thermal flaw located between two layers of the veneering material. Using the measured flaw plane it showed that the conditions of loading at fracture were complex and probably involved important tangential components.