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University of California - San Diego

Engineering and Dentistry

Caption: Howard Strassler, a professor and director of Operative Dentistry at the University of Maryland Dental School, said makers of fiber-reinforced dental composites need a much better understanding of how their products actually perform as part of a restoration, crown, or bridge.

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