On the measuring of roughness

Authors

  • Jorge Leitäo Escola Superior de Medicina Dentária, Lisboa, Portugal; Department of Dental Materials, School of Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
  • Trond Hegdahl Escola Superior de Medicina Dentária, Lisboa, Portugal; Department of Dental Materials, School of Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Keywords:

Dental materials, physical properties

Abstract

Abstract

For the present study some roughness parameters often used in dental research were defined and some of their properties discussed. The technique of filtration or cut-off as a means of distinguishing between roughness and curvature was explained and demonstrated in some specimens of dental amalgam.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

1981-01-01

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 6 (1981): Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Section

Articles