Equipment

THE DENTAL ADVISOR Biomaterials Research Center has a growing inventory of equipment and testing apparatus, including:

• Instron, Model 5866, with dynamic controller
• Bond testing apparatus – inverted cone tensile test, Ultradent shear test, micro-tensile test
• Bur cutting apparatus
• Image analysis microscope
• Microbalance
• Thermal cycling unit
• Buehler polishing equipment and low-speed saw
• Constant temperature incubators
• Micro-Indentation Hardness Tester
• Water baths
• Gloss meter
• Radiopacity standard
• Shark fin (flow) apparatus

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