Finite element analysis of three- and four-unit bridges
dc.contributor.author | Farah, J. W. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Craig, Robert G. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Meroueh, Kamal A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T21:56:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T21:56:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1989-11 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | FARAH, J. W.; CRAIG, R.G.; MEROUEH, K. A. (1989). "Finite element analysis of three- and four-unit bridges." Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 16(6): 603-611. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/74974> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0305-182X | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1365-2842 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/74974 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=2689617&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | A two-dimensional finite element model of a mandibular quadrant was used to examine differences in magnitude of the principal stresses from the placement of three- and four-unit bridges. The area of interest spanned the first premolar to the second molar. Loading conditions were (i) vertical and distributed and (ii) 30° to the vertical and concentrated. The principal stresses were calculated and compared for: (i) the first molar removed with the remaining bone either cancellous or cancellous surrounded by a cortical shell; (ii) as in (i) but with the second premolar and first molar removed; (iii) a three-unit bridge spanning the second premolar to the second molar; and (iv) a four-unit bridge spanning the first premolar to the second molar. Each tooth was supported by periodontal ligaments, cortical and cancellous bone with each assigned the appropriate physical constants. Removal of the first molar resulted in considerable variation of the stresses especially when the cortical shell was replaced by cancellous bone. Because of the lower modulus of cancellous bone and its lower load-bearing capabilities the stresses were three to ten times lower and more uniform within the cancellous bone. Generally, the addition of a bridge resulted in lower and better distributed Σ min stresses. The bridge also resulted in higher tensile stresses distal to the abutment teeth which theoretically could result in bone deposition. No significant differences in magnitude were observed between the three- and four-unit bridge. From a stress standpoint the bridges resulted in more uniform stress distribution around the abutments and an increase in the tensile stresses distal to the abutments. Such findings support the placement of a fixed bridge to maintain bone in an edentulous area. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | 1989 Blackwell Science Ltd | en_US |
dc.title | Finite element analysis of three- and four-unit bridges | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Dentistry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 2689617 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/74974/1/j.1365-2842.1989.tb01384.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1989.tb01384.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Oral Rehabilitation | en_US |
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dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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