title: Interferometry in the assessment of biomechanical features of the masticatory system hard segments.
abstract: Biomechanical studies have found wide application and solved many problems in dental medicine. An interdisciplinary approach has allowed an ever-faster progress in the field. The aim of this study was to point out the advantages of holographic interferometry. With the use of this method, the study object is observed as a whole rather than as a substrate, thus providing a three-dimensional holographic image visualizing the load transmission from one jaw to another, tooth pressure against the alveolus, and strain of Sharpey's fibers, and yielding precise data on deformities, dislocations and force distribution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rajić
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nikolić
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajić-Mestrović
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vukicević
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D007368:Interferometry; D007568:Jaw / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013284:Stomatognathic System / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology