title: [The impact of Forsus on mandible's stress and displacement].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To further explore the best Forsus load power by analyzing the change of mandible's stress and displacement after Forsus protruded mandible instantaneously under different vertical component for providing theoretical basis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The pre-built Forsus protruding mandible model were build through Abaqus 6.5 software. The change of mandible's stress, displacement, and pathway trend under three different working conditions(horizontal component 4 N and vertical component 2, 4, 1 N).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Torsion occurred in all condyles under three working conditions, and the stress was large. Under vertical component 2 and 1 N, the mandible demonstrated counterclockwise rotation, the maximum displacement occurred in the chin, respectively 1.150 mm and 2.141 mm; under vertical component 4 N, mandible rotation was not obvious, the maximum displacement of chin was only 0.188 mm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With the vertical component gradually decreased, the protrusion trend of chin increased; Forsus could promote the mandible counterclockwise rotation and modification when protruding mandible.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Stomatology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, China.
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Jinlin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible; D012399:Rotation