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Advances in Biomechanics & Applications Volume 1, Number 1, March 2014, pages 67-76 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/aba.2013.1.1.067 |
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 open accessThe effect of mechanical properties of bone in the mandible, a numerical case study |
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António Ramos, Hugo Marques and Michel Mesnard
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| Abstract | ||
| Bone properties are one of the key components when constructing models that can simulate the mechanical behavior of a mandible. Due to the complexity of the structure, the tooth, ligaments, different bones etc., some simplifications are often considered and bone properties are one of them. The objective of this study is to understand if a simplification of the problem is possible and assess its influence on mandible behavior. A cadaveric toothless mandible was used to build three computational models from CT scan information: a full cortical bone model; a cortical and cancellous bone model, and a model where the Young | ||
| Key Words | ||
| biomechanics; finite element method; modeling and simulation; dental mechanics; bone biomechanics | ||
| Address | ||
| António Ramos and Hugo Marques: TEMA, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal Michel Mesnard: University of Bordeaux, I2M, CNRS UMR 5295, Talence, France | ||
