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Degradation of Luting Cements Measured in vitro and in vivoDepartment of Operative Dentistry, Dental Institute, University of Utrecht, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Department of Operative Dentistry, Dental Institute, University of Utrecht, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
The degradation of luting cements was quantified when these cements were held as a 20-µm cement layer. The degradation process, which is mostly a sequence of absorption, disintegration, and solution, was expressed by a time-constant (
Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 62, No. 12,
1236-1240 (1983) This article has been cited by other articles:
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). By using the same test specimens in vitro as well as in vivo, we determined the correlation of both situations. 
