Discussion : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants (3)
Thus, compressed displacement exhibited the same trend in the experimental models and FEA models. The results of both models may be reliable. When the effects of offset placement are considered, there is the concept of the load-supporting area (Fig. 15) put forth by Sato. The load-supporting area is the area surrounded by the lines connecting the implant peripheries, and if a loading point falls within this area, there is little lateral force on the implant body. In the L-offset with buccal loading and the B-offset with lingual loading conditions, where the loading points are close to the load-supporting area, there is significantly less force than there is with straight placement (P < 0.05). Compared to the experimental models, the FEA models showed 10 μm less compressed displacement, but this may be the influence of the minute perturbations caused by differences in the constraint conditions in the artificial mandible bottom. The ability to completely reproduce the behaviors of experimental models with the FEA models would produce results with better approximation.
Three-dimensional displacement in the FEA models
Similar trends were observed in the direction and magnitude of displacement between placements. Buccal loading exhibited considerable motion towards the buccal rotation/tilting of the implant bodies, and lingual loading exhibited little motion towards lingual displacement. This corresponds to the fact that there was more compressed displacement during buccal loading than during lingual loading.
Strain on the peri-implant bone
In past reports where models were used, it was reported that compressive strain in the peri-implant bone occurs in sites close to the loading side and tensile strain occurs on the side opposite to the loading side. Concentration of stress leads to bone resorption. In the experimental models in the present study as well, considerable compressive strain was observed in the loading-side peri-implant bone.
Serial posts:
- Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants
- Background : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants
- Methods : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants (1)
- Results : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants (1)
- Methods : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants (2)
- Methods : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants (3)
- Methods : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants (4)
- Results : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants (2)
- Discussion : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants (1)
- Discussion : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants (4)
- Discussion : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants (2)
- Discussion : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants (3)
- Discussion : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants (5)
- References : Biomechanical effects of offset placement of dental implants
- Figure 1. An artificial mandible
- Figure 2. Three implants were embedded in an artificial mandible
- Figure 3. Three different models with different placements
- Figure 4. Experimental model. (a) Buccal load, (b) central load, and (c) lingual load
- Figure 5. Application of strain gauges
- Figure 6. Loading test in the experimental model
- Figure 7. A finite element analysis (FEA) model
- Figure 8. The displacement of the implants under loading in experimental models
- Figure 9. The displacement of the implants under loading in finite element analysis (FEA) models
- Figure 11. The strain around the no. 36 implant in the experimental models
- Figure 12. The strain around the no. 36 implant
- Figure 13. The distribution of equivalent stress around the peri-implant bone
- Figure 14. The distribution of equivalent stress around the no. 36 implant
- Figure 15. Load supporting area in the superstructures
- Table 1 Mechanical properties of materials used in the FEA models
- Table 2 Means and standard deviations (SD) of displacement of the implants
- Table 3 Means and standard deviations (SD) of displacement of the implants
- Table 4 Means and standard deviations (SD) of strain around the no. 36 implant
- Table 5 Tukey’s test for strain B in the experimental models
- Table 6 Tukey’s test for strain L in the experimental models
- Table 7 Means and standard deviations (SD) of strain around the no. 36 implant
- Table 8 Tukey’s test for strain B in the FEA models
- Table 9 Tukey’s test for strain L in the FEA models