title: Photoelastic stress analysis on mandibular osteosynthesis.
abstract: An experimental study concerning mechanical behaviour and stability through mandibular osteosynthesis has been carried out. 3 different kinds of mandibular osteosynthesis: figure-of-8 wiring; ASIF--Swiss Association for the Study of Internal Fixation - compression plate; monocortical juxta-alveolar miniature screwed plate (Champy plate), were analysed in photoelastic model experiments. The strain distribution differs remarkably according to these 3 methods as well as stability against loading forces.
mesh_terms: D001732:Bite Force; D001860:Bone Plates; D001864:Bone Wires; D004548:Elasticity; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D008334:Mandible / Q000502:physiology*; D010781:Photography; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013718:Tensile Strength