Research Article

Numerical Analysis of a Dental Zirconium Restoration and the Stresses That Occur in Dental Tissues

Table 1

Mechanical properties used in the analysis.

Dental tissueYoung’s modulusPoisson’s ratio dimensionlessDensity

Enamel70 GPa0.300.25 g/cm3
Dentin18.3 GPa0.300.31 g/cm3
Pulp2 GPa0.450.1 g/cm3
Dental zirconium restoration250 GPa0.325.68 g/cm3