Dental implant abutment resembling the two-phase tooth mobility.
biomechanical · Level V
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Abstract
Natural teeth and dental implants have differing degrees of mobility thus causing a potential biomechanical problem when connected by fixed bridgework. The clinical follow-up often discloses marginal bone loss around an implant neck probably due to high stress factors. An implant with a built-in compliance resembling the tooth mobility could be advantageous for stress distribution. With axial loading the proposed 'elastic'-test model accomplishes this demand. By means of theoretical and experimental studies this 'elastic'-test model is optimized and compared with a stiff implant-model. The results show a 20 times reduction of stress accumulation in bone with the 'elastic'-test model.
Medical subject headings
- Bone and Bones
- Dental Implants
- Tooth Mobility