Objectives: Despite its importance, implant removal torque can be assessed at present only after implantation. This paper presents a new technique to help clinicians preoperatively evaluate implant stability.
Study Design: Planning software has been combined with an in-house finite element solver. Once the clinician has chosen the implant position on the planner, a finite element analysis automatically calculates the primary stability. The process was designed to be as simple and fast as possible for clinical use. This paper describes application of the method to the prediction of removal torque. A preliminary validation has been performed in both polyurethane foam and sheep bone.
Results: The predicted torque is quantitatively equivalent to experimental values with correlation coefficients of >0.7 in both materials.
Conclusions: This preliminary study is a first step toward the introduction of finite element models in computer-assisted surgery. The fact that the process is fast and automatic makes it suitable for a clinical use.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
When infants are admitted to the hospital with skull fractures, providers must distinguish between cases of accidental and abusive head trauma. Limited information about the incident is available in such cases, and witness statements are not always reliable. In this study, we introduce a novel, data-driven approach to predict fall parameters that lead to skull fractures in infants in order to aid in determinations of abusive head trauma.
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Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
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Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Kurupelit, 55139, Turkey.
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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
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