The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of different cross-sectional shapes and presence of taper on stress distribution in clasp arms made of glass fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) material. Stress analysis of clasps was performed under a constant load (5 N) using a three-dimensional finite element method with due consideration to the anisotropy of unidirectional FRC material. Results were then compared with clasp arms made of metal- an isotropic material. It was found that both FRC clasps and metal clasps yielded similar results. As for the displacement of clasp arms with a basic cross-sectional shape under a load of 5 N, the amount of displacement showed that FRC clasps provided sufficient retentive force required for clinical application.
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JACC Cardiovasc Interv
December 2024
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/psorajja.
The geometrical accuracy of additively manufactured pure titanium clasps depends on the building orientation. The aim of this study is to compare the geometrical accuracy and the fatigue lives predicted by finite element analysis (FEA) among three clasps manufactured with different building orientations. Besides, this paper proposed a calculation method of the moment of inertia of area and cross-sectional area along with the arm as the geometrical parameters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Prosthodont
July 2024
Faculty of Dentistry, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
Purpose: The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the trueness of removable partial denture clasps fabricated with titanium (Ti) through the selective laser melting (SLM) technique compared to cobalt-chromium alloys (CoCr).
Materials And Methods: A virtual Aker clasp was designed on a scanned tooth, and SLM printers were used to print 20 claps using cobalt chromium (n = 10) and titanium alloy (n = 10). The deviation between the printed clasps and reference design was measured using the surface matching software (Geomagic control x) at rest, retentive tip, reciprocal tip, retentive shoulder, and reciprocal shoulder.
Saudi Dent J
June 2024
Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Suez Canal University, 41522 Ismailia, Egypt.
This in vitro study aimed to evaluate the additive manufacturing (AM) of cobalt chromium Co-Cr and titanium Ti alloy clasps for clinical use. After scanning the Ni-Cr die of the first molar, Akers' clasps were designed using computer-aided design/ computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM). The clasps were manufactured from Co-Cr-W dental alloy and Ti-6Al-4V alloy powder using AM machines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Mech Behav Biomed Mater
June 2024
Department of Oral Special Consultation, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China; State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Research, Prevention and Treatment for Oral Diseases (Nanjing Medical University), Nanjing, PR China; Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Stomatological Translational Medicine, Nanjing, PR China. Electronic address:
Purpose: Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is considered as an alternative to metal material for removable partial denture (RPD). However, the retentive force is not strong as a metal RPD. This study investigated the retention and fatigue performance of PEEK clasps with different proportions of clasp arm engaging the undercut to verify a new strategy to improve their clinical performance.
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