title: FEM and Von Mises analyses of different dental implant shapes for masticatory loading distribution.
abstract: The rehabilitation of edentulous patients is today a challenge for the clinicians. The healthy of the hard and soft issue may be considered a fundamental element for having long-term results. The dental implant progresses about the predictable and safe results made this technique chosen from a large group of practitioners. However some problems related intra-operative and postoperative conditions may create discomfort on the patients and consequently to the clinician. The unfavourable results are often related to the bone tissue quality but sometime the dental implant shape and the prosthesis framework may undergo to technical difficulties. The purpose of this work is, through the use of appropriate FEM models, to analyse the effect of all these parameters in the construction of a prosthesis type "Toronto", evaluating all the surgical and prosthetic components in order to direct the choices made by the surgeon and to optimize the distribution of loads reducing the patient's discomfort and having a long term clinical success.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Pathology, School of Dentistry, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cicciù
authors.affiliation: Odontostomatology Department, School of Dentistry, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bramanti
authors.affiliation: Odontostomatology Department, School of Dentistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cecchetti
authors.affiliation: Mechanics and Infrastructures Department, "Guglielmo Marconi" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scappaticci
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Electronic Engineering, Chemistry and Industrial Engineering, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guglielmino
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Electronic Engineering, Chemistry and Industrial Engineering, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Risitano
keywords: FEM analysis; bone tissue; dental implant; load