title: Load distribution in osseointegrated implant supporting extended and non extended dentures.
abstract: There is a controversy among prosthodontists concerning the most favourable superstructure design of a prosthesis supported by implants. Some investigators used the fully extended denture, others used a non extended. This study evaluated the load distribution pattern occurring in implants with the two designs. A real clinical situation which includes 4 osseointegrated implants that are connected to each other with a superstructure bar and support an acrylic dentures was transferred into a 3-D geometric model. With the 3-D FEM it was possible to compare between the two types of acrylic dentures.
authors.affiliation: Prosthodontics Dept., Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: el-Charkawi
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Yehia
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: el-Wakad
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mohieldin
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003824:Denture, Complete / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003828:Denture, Overlay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016474:Weight-Bearing
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins