Investigation of the influence of design details on short implant biomechanics using colorimetric photoelastic analysis: a pilot study
Res. Biomed. Eng. (Online)
; 31(4): 313-318, Oct.-Dec. 2015. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
Introduction:
The clinical survival of a dental implant is directly related to its biomechanical behavior. Since short implants present lower bone/implant contact area, their design may be more critical to stress distribution to surrounding tissues. Photoelastic analysis is a biomechanical method that uses either simple qualitative results or complex calculations for the acquisition of quantitative data. In order to simplify data acquisition, we performed a pilot study to demonstrate the investigation of biomechanics via correlation of the findings of colorimetric photoelastic analysis (stress transition areas; STAs) of design details between two types of short dental implants under axial loads. Methods Implants were embedded in a soft photoelastic resin and axially loaded with 10 and 20 N of force. Implant design features were correlated with the STAs (mm2) of the colored fringes of colorimetric photoelastic analysis. Results Under a 10 N load, the surface area of the implants was directly related to STA, whereas under a 20 N load, the surface area and thread height were inversely related to STA. Conclusion A smaller external thread height seemed to improve the biomechanical performance of the short implants investigated.
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01-internacional
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LILACS
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Res. Biomed. Eng. (Online)
Assunto da revista:
Engenharia Biomdica
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil