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Simulating the trabecular bone structure around dental implants: a case presentation

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Published/Copyright: January 13, 2012
Biomedical Engineering / Biomedizinische Technik
From the journal Volume 57 Issue 1

Abstract

The effect of bone remodeling on the long-time success of dental implants is becoming critical for implant design and presurgical assessments. This study applies a previously presented remodeling simulation scheme on a computer tomography (CT)-based finite element model. The CT data of a dental implant at the upper right central incisor region 6 years after implant insertion was used. The time-dependent density change of the trabecular bone after osseointegration was studied. The trabecular structure, by means of density distribution, around the implant showed similarities to the CT images at many regions.


Corresponding author: Istabrak Hasan, Endowed Chair of Oral Technology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University, Welschnonnenstrasse 17, 53111 Bonn, Germany Phone: +49-228-287-22388

Received: 2011-7-21
Accepted: 2011-11-28
Published Online: 2012-01-13
Published in Print: 2012-02-01

©2012 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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