In vivo forces on dental implants: hard-wiring and telemetry methods.
Methods are presented for measuring vertical force components on bridged titanium dental implants in dog mandibles. These methods have included custom-made strain-gauge transducers, plus hard-wiring and telemetric schemes for data collection. The essential components of the measurement system are described, and typical bite force data are illustrated.
D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods; D001732:Bite Force; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D004285:Dogs; D013686:Telemetry / Q000379:methods*; D014160:Transducers, Pressure