Development of an artificial oral environment for the testing of dental restoratives: bi-axial force and movement control.
The integration of two closed mechanical loops was used to produce a force-movement cycle, using servo-hydraulics. Several of the parameters were of interest in clinically-simulated laboratory studies. The system represented the first phase in developing an artificial oral environment.
D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008409:Mastication; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009055:Mouth / Q000502:physiology; D009068:Movement; D012399:Rotation