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having the desired characteristics. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out durability tests or spectroscopy. Analysis of the results of these studies is important from the point of view of

**Figure 7** shows examples of probes applied in the strength studies of prepared dental compo-

nents; accurate description of the probes is presented in **Table 1**.

**Designation Type of probe**

**Figure 7.** Examples of probes applied in the strength studies.

**Table 1.** Set of probes applied for strength tests.

A Cylinder, stainless steel 6 mm B Needle, stainless steel 1.0 mm C Cone, acrylic glass 40 mm D Sphere, nylon 25.4 mm

E Sphere, stainless steel 12.7 mm F Cylinder, acrylic glass 50.8 mm G Blade, acrylic glass 60 mm H Cylinder, acrylic glass 25 mm I Wire, stainless steel 0.03 mm

both the user and the dentist.

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Bożena Tyliszczak<sup>1</sup> \*, Anna Drabczyk2 and Sonia Kudłacik-Kramarczyk<sup>2</sup>

\*Address all correspondence to: btyliszczak@chemia.pk.edu.pl

1 Department of Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, Cracow University of Technology, Krakow, Poland

2 Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Krakow, Poland
