Alex Fok

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Alex Fok is a scholar working on Orthodontics, Oral Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Fok has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Orthodontics, 49 papers in Oral Surgery and 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alex Fok's work include Dental materials and restorations (52 papers), Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments (33 papers) and Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes (23 papers). Alex Fok is often cited by papers focused on Dental materials and restorations (52 papers), Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments (33 papers) and Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes (23 papers). Alex Fok collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Alex Fok's co-authors include Conrado Aparicio, Joel Rudney, Robert S. Jones, Michael W. McDermott, Wondwosen Aregawi, Zhe Gao, Christy L. Haynes, Michael Garwood, Kelvin G.M. Brockbank and John C. Bischof and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, The American Journal of Sports Medicine and Science Translational Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alex Fok

74 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Morphology and mechanical performance of dental crown designed by 3D-DCGAN

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Peers

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Mangala Patel United Kingdom

Brian Nattress United Kingdom

Cássio do Nascimento Brazil

Tetsuo Ichikawa Japan

Sima Shahabi Iran

Marina Maréchal Belgium

Haruaki Kitagawa Japan

Bekir Karabucak United States

J. S. Rees United Kingdom

Stefan Rupf Germany

Mangala Patel United Kingdom

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119 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Alex Fok

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Fok

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Fok

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex Fok. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex Fok based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alex Fok. Alex Fok is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ballester, Rafael Yagüe, et al.. (2025). Should the load-to-fracture test for CAD/CAM monolithic molar crowns be standardized and how? A systematic review and finite element analysis. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 168. 106984–106984.

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Jin, Jiacheng, et al.. (2024). Post-failure analysis of model resin-composite restorations subjected to different chemomechanical challenges. Dental Materials. 40(6). 889–896.

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Savoldi, Fabio, Jianmin Han, R.K.L. Su, et al.. (2024). Validation of a double-semicircular notched configuration for mechanical testing of orthodontic thermoplastic aligner materials. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 155. 106543–106543. 1 indexed citations

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Ye, Ning, et al.. (2024). Validation of finite-element-simulated orthodontic forces produced by thermoplastic aligners: Effect of aligner geometry and creep. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 160. 106755–106755. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Chenguang, et al.. (2024). A new insight into the mechanism of the tabletability flip phenomenon. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 654. 123956–123956. 5 indexed citations

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Fu, Jing, et al.. (2023). The effect of abutment material stiffness on the mechanical behavior of dental implant assemblies: A 3D finite element study. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 142. 105847–105847. 7 indexed citations

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Chew, Hooi Pin, et al.. (2023). Interfacial integrity of bulk-fill resin composite restorations in deep Class-II cavities. Dental Materials Journal. 42(5). 692–699. 3 indexed citations

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Feng, Xi‐Qiao, et al.. (2023). Load capacity and fracture modes of instrumented tooth roots under axial compression. Dental Materials. 39(10). 938–945. 2 indexed citations

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Lan, Ting‐Hsun, et al.. (2023). Stress analysis and risk of failure during clenching in ceramic assembly models: 3-dimensional finite element analysis. Journal of Dental Sciences. 18(2). 791–800. 5 indexed citations

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Ye, Ning, et al.. (2021). Effect of chamfer design on load capacity of reattached incisors. Dental Materials. 37(7). 1168–1175. 1 indexed citations

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Fok, Alex, et al.. (2021). Load capacity of occlusal veneers of different restorative CAD/CAM materials under lateral static loading. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 115. 104290–104290. 16 indexed citations

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Annor, George A., et al.. (2020). Multiscale characterization and micromechanical modeling of crop stem materials. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. 20(1). 69–91. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Ruoqiong, Wondwosen Aregawi, Conrado Aparicio, et al.. (2020). Development and calibration of biochemical models for testing dental restorations. Acta Biomaterialia. 109. 132–141. 11 indexed citations

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Wu, Jialing, et al.. (2019). Enzyme-Mediated Mineralization of TiO₂ Nanotubes Subjected to Different Heat Treatments. Crystal Growth & Design. 19(12). 7112–7121. 2 indexed citations

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Fok, Alex & Wondwosen Aregawi. (2018). The two sides of the C-factor. Dental Materials. 34(4). 649–656. 9 indexed citations

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Krueger, Kristin L., et al.. (2018). Experimental dental microwear textures with implications for Neandertal diet.

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Manuchehrabadi, Navid, Zhe Gao, Jinjin Zhang, et al.. (2017). Improved tissue cryopreservation using inductive heating of magnetic nanoparticles. Science Translational Medicine. 9(379). 241 indexed citations

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Rudney, Joel, et al.. (2015). The use of micro-CT with image segmentation to quantify leakage in dental restorations. Dental Materials. 31(4). 382–390. 70 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaozhou, Alex Fok, & Haiyan Li. (2014). Influence of restorative material and proximal cavity design on the fracture resistance of MOD inlay restoration. Dental Materials. 30(3). 327–333. 31 indexed citations

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Li, Yuping, et al.. (2012). Influence of dental resin material composition on cross-polarization-optical coherence tomography imaging. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 17(10). 1060021–1060021. 21 indexed citations

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