Mandibular Implant-Retained Overdenture: Finite Element Analysis of Two Anchorage Systems

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 369-376

  Menicucci, Giulio ^a   Lorenzetti, Massimo ^a   Pera, Paolo ^a   Preti, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ball attachment; Clips bar attachment; Finite element model; Implants; Overdenture; Reaction forces; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL CARE; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JAW; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ALVEOLAR PROCESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL CLASPS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; DENTURE PRECISION ATTACHMENT; DENTURE, OVERLAY; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MANDIBLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOUTH MUCOSA;

EID: 0032060144     PISSN: 08822786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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