Evaluation of Stress and Strain Magnitude in Tapered and Cylindrical Implant Surrounding Bone, Used for Restoration of Mandibular Teeth: Finite Element Analysis in All-on-Four Concept.

The prevalence of the elderly population increased in the 20th century, as described in the World Health Organization 2004 Annual Report. The use of tilted implants parallel to the anterior wall of the maxillary sinus or the mental foramen/inferior alveolar nerve has been proposed for the treatment of the atrophic edentulous ridge. The aim of this study was to evaluate stress and strain magnitude in tapered and cylindrical surrounding bones.

Comparison of Stress and Strain Distribution Around Splinted and Nonsplinted 6-mm Short Implants in Posterior Mandible: A Finite Element Analysis Study.

Purpose: This study was designed to compare the biomechanical performance of splinted and nonsplinted short implants, in the posterior mandible, using finite element analysis.

Materials And Methods: Three-dimensional models of short implants with 2 different diameters (4 × 6 mm or 5 × 6 mm) were scanned, and CATIA (R21) was used to simulate the model of an edentulous lower jaw. Experimental groups were designed as follows: (1) D4L6-splinted (three 4 × 6-mm splinted implants), (2) D4L6-nonsplinted, (3) D5L6-splinted, and (4) D5L6-nonsplinted.

Stress and Strain Distribution Patterns in Bone around Splinted Standard and Short Implants Placed at the Crestal Level and Subcrestally using Three- Dimensional Finite Element Analysis.

Short implants can be used as alternatives to standard implants to prevent invasive surgical procedures. However, due to concerns about complications caused by less bone-implant contact area, researchers have focused on biomechanical properties of short implants and methods to promote them. Splinting has been suggested to decrease the limitation of short implants.