An assessment of impact strength of the mandible

Autor: Volkan Kovan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2008
Předmět:
Compressive Strength
Dentistry
Mandibular angle
Biomechanical studies
Mandible
Izod impacts
Notch effects
nutrient loading
Premolar
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Fatigue crack propagation
Composite material
experimental animal
Animals
Compressive Strength/physiology
Computer Simulation
Energy Transfer
In Vitro Techniques
Mandible/*physiology
Models
Biological

Physical Stimulation/*methods
Rehabilitation
article
Bone impact strength
Loading
medicine.anatomical_structure
Lateral impacts
priority journal
Lateral loadings
Mandibular angles
strength
Materials science
animal experiment
Biomedical Engineering
Biophysics
anisotropy
Impact strength
Anterior region
biomechanics
experimental study
Mental foramen
Mandible fractures
in vivo study
stomatognathic system
Energy absorbing
In-vivo
Physical Stimulation
medicine
Bone fragility
cross-sectional study
Impact energies
Strength of materials
Mechanical adaptations
energy absorption
Bone
nonhuman
business.industry
Mental foraramina
Izod impact strength test
clinical assessment
Impact loadings
Steel structures
Impact energy
Absorbed energies
Lateral loading conditions
business
Popis: In this study, an animal biomechanical study was performed to investigate the absorbed energy and impact strength of the mandible in relation to specimen position. Four regions of mandibles were loaded as complete pieces and gripped by the jaw of an Izod impact tester. All tests were carried out wet using the Izod impact test under two different impact loading directions, lateral and ventral. Absorbed energy and impact strength in kilojoules per square meter of specimen area were determined for each specimen. Under lateral impact loading, the absorbed energy was lowest for the anterior section due to the mental foramen's notch effect. The premolar region demonstrated more absorbed energy per unit area, OF impact Strength. than any other region. However, due to its small cross-sectional area, the premolar region also absorbs less impact energy. Under ventral impact loading conditions, anterior region absorbed twice as much impact energy than under lateral loading conditions. Premolar region absorbed the same impact energy under both lateral and ventral loading. Interestingly, mandibular angle under ventral loading absorbed five times more impact energy than under lateral loading. This behaviour is considered to be a mechanical adaptation to the actual loading of the mandible in vivo. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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