Biomechanical Effects of Different Load Cases with an Implant-Supported Full Bridge on Four Implants in an Edentulous Mandible: A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis (3D-FEA)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design, Patient Treatment Characteristics
2.2. Ethical Considerations
2.3. Modeling
2.4. Meshing, Boundary Conditions
2.5. Material Properties
2.6. Loading, Occlusal Cases
2.7. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Materials | Density ρ [g/cm3] | Young’s Modulus E [GPa] | Poisson’s Ratio v |
---|---|---|---|
Titanium [40,41] (TiAl6V4) | 4.51 | 102 | 0.36 |
Cobalt−Chromium [40,41] (CO−CR-01-P.30CR) | 10 | 210 | 0.29 |
Cortical bone [42,43] | 1.6 | 15 | 0.3 |
Trabecular bone [42,43] | 0.2 | 0.096 | 0.3 |
LC1 | LC2 | LC3 | LC4 | ||||||
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S1 | S2 | S1 | S2 | S1 | S2 | S1 | S2 | ||
Cortical bone | Pmax [MPa] | 76.39 | 88.51 | 89.57 | 102.98 | 85.63 | 95.48 | 81.02 | 93.15 |
Pmin [MPa] | −115.30 | −222.76 | −136.4 | −265.35 | −172.30 | −252.61 | −125.20 | −235.32 | |
Trabecular bone | Pmax [MPa] | 2.49 | 2.24 | 3.03 | 2.62 | 2.95 | 2.52 | 2.92 | 2.59 |
Pmin [MPa] | −2.81 | −2.89 | −3.34 | −3.38 | −3.25 | −3.25 | −3.49 | −3.52 | |
Peqv [MPa] | 166.40 | 244.92 | 166.36 | 279.69 | 164.36 | 265.58 | 142.27 | 260.77 |
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Szabó, Á.L.; Matusovits, D.; Slyteen, H.; Lakatos, É.I.; Baráth, Z. Biomechanical Effects of Different Load Cases with an Implant-Supported Full Bridge on Four Implants in an Edentulous Mandible: A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis (3D-FEA). Dent. J. 2023, 11, 261. https://doi.org/10.3390/dj11110261
Szabó ÁL, Matusovits D, Slyteen H, Lakatos ÉI, Baráth Z. Biomechanical Effects of Different Load Cases with an Implant-Supported Full Bridge on Four Implants in an Edentulous Mandible: A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis (3D-FEA). Dentistry Journal. 2023; 11(11):261. https://doi.org/10.3390/dj11110261
Chicago/Turabian StyleSzabó, Árpád László, Danica Matusovits, Haydar Slyteen, Éva Ilona Lakatos, and Zoltán Baráth. 2023. "Biomechanical Effects of Different Load Cases with an Implant-Supported Full Bridge on Four Implants in an Edentulous Mandible: A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis (3D-FEA)" Dentistry Journal 11, no. 11: 261. https://doi.org/10.3390/dj11110261