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RISULTS
The study of results was effected taking in consideration different areas
for each condition of load:
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external
surface of the cortical bone | | - |
interface surface between the cortical and the trabecolous bone |
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diametrical
sections of each implants | |
In
all cases, only the tensions in the bone were analysed, referring the study of
implant solicitations to another type of analyses. To allow a synthetic vision,
here there is the trend of only the "ideal" tension, that is to say
a mono-axial tension that indicates the heaviness of the total solicitation state,
really described by six components ( normal tensions according the 3 axes and
the cutting tensions according the 3 orthogonal plans). Generally, in both
cases the solicitations are enough good distributed in all the analysed portion
of bone even though the load was localised. It occurs tensions that could cause
the break of the bone only in some very localised points: the interface zone between
the screw and the implanted bone in the case of traditional implants and the interface
zone between the "clamps" of the bracket and the cortical bone in the
2nd type of implant. In both cases, a little change in the geometry of the model
united to a little rounding of the edges would produce important variations, so
it isn't possible to do quantitative conclusions, except the possibility to execute
a more detailed model when the clinical results advice further studies. The
reached tensional levels are enough similar for the two modalities of operation,
however it's possible to find the following differences:
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the
external surface of the cortical bone is more loaded in the case of bracket implant
because the brackets directly put on this surface, however "dangerous"
tensions don't occur thanks to the fact that in the model the inferior surface
of the bracket perfectly copies the surface of the bone. |
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The
trabecolous bone is less loaded in correspondence of the interface surface with
the cortical bone because the cortical bone, having a higher rigidity, supports
most of load. In the case of bracket implants, concentrations of tensions could
occur where the screws, obliquely implanted, bore the trabecola bone to place
than, on the cortical bone; the tensions, however, have a modest entity. |
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for
what regards the sections, the tension values are similar in the two extreme sections,
whereas for what regards the two "internal" sections, in the case of
traditional implants, important concentrations of tension occur where the screw
goes in the cortical bone, in correspondence of the discontinuity between the
original cortical bone and the implanted bone and in correspondence of the distal
extremity of the screw. |
- Only
vertical load equal to 200 N - Vertical
load equal to 200N + horizontal load equal to 40 N - Final
table | |