D2 Article in a professional compilation book
Types of FRCs used in dentistry
Authors: Pekka Vallittu, Jukka Matinlinna
Editors: Pekka Vallittu, Mutlu Özcan
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication year: 2017
Book title : A Clinical Guide to Fibre Reinforced Composites (FRCs) in Dentistry
First page : 11
Last page: 34
Number of pages: 24
ISBN: 978-0-08-100607-8
eISBN: 978-0-08-100608-5
ISSN: 2049-9485
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100607-8.00002-2
Web address : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081006078000022
Fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) is a synthetic material combination of a polymeric (resinous) matrix and reinforcing fillers of high aspect ratio, i.e., the ratio between the diameter and length of the filler. High aspect ratio fillers are fibers. In general, a fiber is a rope or string used as a supporting/reinforcing component of composite materials. Fibers can be also as oriented fiber fabrics (a weave) of random fibers (a mat, a veil) into sheets (in plane) to make composite types of products such as felt or paper. Fibers can also be three-dimensionally oriented. The strongest engineering materials are generally made of continuous unidirectional fibers.