FractoForum
International e.V.

CLINICAL FRACTOGRAPHY

Clinical Fractography will help to understand the relevant mechanisms in fractured dental restorations. Improvements in design, processing and placement of restorations are expected from the fractographic insight.
FRACTO FORUM
INTERNATIONAL e.V.

Fracto Forum International (FFI) is a non-profit organization focusing and promoting dental and medical fractographic research and education. Academics and Industry are very welcome to participate. Become a member!
FRACTODENT RESEARCH FUND 2025 & BEST-FRACTO-PHOTO-AWARD 2025

Fracto Forum International e.V. announces a funding opportunity in dental fractography (FRACTODENT 2025) and opens the 2025 Best-Fracto-Photo-Award competition.

Find out more on our website!
FRACTO COURSE 2024

The Fracto Course 2024 was held on October 8-10, 2024 in Cherasco, Italy. Three days of hands-on education in clinical fractography in a wonderful location was great fun!
THE SCIENCE OF FRACTOGRAPHY

Fractography is the science of reading fracture surfaces of materials. Fractographic methods are used to determine the cause of failure in engineering structures. In clinical dentistry, fractography is an essential tool assessing failure mechanisms.
FRACTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION
AND APPLICATION IN CLINICAL DENTISTRY
SUMMER 2026

Our Fracto Course provides an in-depth, hands-on introduction to fractographic methods in clinical dentistry. The participation is addressed to all interested researchers in the field. You will learn how to interpret and systematically approach a fractured structure or restoration.

Welcome to the Fracto Forum International e.V.

Fracto Forum International e.V. was founded in 2013 and is a non-profit organization focusing on Clinical Fractography.

This website will guide you to the world of Fractography with the focus on dental biomaterials. You can find detailed information on our society, as well a guidance on how to become a member. Further we are conducting an educational workshop on a bi-annual basis, teaching basic knowledge around fractographic techniques in Clinical Dentistry. The concept however, is transferreable to any field of inerest related to brittle material failure.

We are continuously updating the latest research on clinical fractography and provide a list of books, standards, and scientific reverences.

Welcome to our society and enjoy exploring our website!

News

Fracto Forum International e.V. is announcing two potential options for funding and support:

The 2024 Fracto Course was held on October 8-10, 2024 in Cherasco, Piemont, Italy. Some impressions can be found in our gallery!

The 3rd edition of the standard guide to “Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses” has been published by George Quinn @NIST. This is now available as PDF:

Download your free copy here!

In the frame of the Frontiers Webinar Series, organized by the Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Ulrich Lohbauer presented a guidance talk on dental fractography that is accessible via YouTube.

Please see this valuable contribution of the Academy of Dental Materials:

Scherrer SS, Lohbauer U, Della Bona A, Vichi A, Tholey MJ, Kelly JR, van Noort R, Cesar PF. ADM guidance-Ceramics: guidance to the use of fractography in failure analysis of brittle materials. Dent Mater 2017;33:599-620.

... a dental specific and comprehensive guide into clinical fractography.

Click here!

The Fracto Forum International e.V. regular business meeting took place on October 4, 2024 in Torino, Italy.

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Contact

Fracto Forum International e.V.
c/o Dr. Ulrich Lohbauer
Dental Clinic 1
Research Laboratory for dental Biomaterials
Glueckstraße 11
91054 Erlangen
Germany