Prediction of mandibular bone remodelling induced by fixed partial dentures

Computational biomechanics of bone's responses to dental prostheses – osseointegration, remodeling and resorption

“…In Case 3, the bone resorption was seen underneath the pontic (bridge unit) area. These bone's responses were in a good agreement with the history data in clinic [4,11]. Development of a computational simulation reflecting the outcomes of restorative treatment can provide a meaningful insight into restorative treatment planning, clinical outcomes and fixed prosthodontics designs.…”

“…We related the mechanical stimulus to the change in CBCT Hounsfield Unit (HU) value in terms of surface area density (SAD) of bony morphology, which allows directly correlating to clinical computerised tomography (CT) data. More detail about this method can be referred to our recent publication [11].…”

“…The effective strain (equation 2) was used as a mechanical stimulus here [11]. Thus, the mandibular bone incorporating a FPD experienced substantially greater effective strain is suggestive of engagements of bone remodeling.…”

Load Transfer Along the Bone-Implant Interface and Its Effects on Bone Maintenance

“…These long bone remodeling theories were used to study the bone remodeling, as a result of biomechanical alteration of the equilibrium state in the jaw bone due to use of dental implants (Lin et al, 2009a). Long term bone maintenance following fixed partial denture treatment was simulated by Field et al (2010). A qualitative validation was reported by comparing the prediction of dental implant induced mandibular bone remodeling to clinical follow-up x-ray images over 48 months (Lin D. et al 2010).…”

Numerical simulation of mechanically stimulated bone remodelling

“…A prognosis concerning changes in bone morphology under mechanical stress can be ventured using a time-step method based on standard computer tomography (CT) datasets and finite element analysis (FEA) [1][2][3]. Following this theory, the aim of our work was the development of a numerical algorithm to simulate the mechanically stimulated bone remodelling.…”