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Computer Simulation Of Tooth Mobility Using Varying Material Properties, Allison R. Beckmann, Lena Unterberg, Stefan Raith, Horst Fischer

Auctus: The Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship

Tooth mobility is the major cause of stress on a tooth implant or partial denture and often results in the damage of the device. For many prosthetic devices like dental bridges, a partial denture used for a person who is missing a tooth to give the appearance and function of a tooth, mobility can cause up to double the amount of stress in comparison to a fixed model. Creating a computer simulation of tooth mobility using Finite Element Analysis allows one to understand and predict this movement in order to improve future dental prosthetic devices. The main cause of tooth …