In vitro validated finite element method model for a human skull and related craniofacial effects during rapid maxillary expansion

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 220, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 897-907

  Provatidis, C ^a   Georgiopoulos, B ^a   Kotinas, A ^a   MacDonald, J P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Displacement analysis; Finite element; Human skull; In vitro test; Rapid maxillary expansion; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS RELAXATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CRANIOFACIAL EFFECT; DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN SKULL; RAPID MAXILLARY EXPANSION;

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

3D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS; DISPLACEMENT DISTRIBUTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD MODELS; HUMAN SKULL; IN-VITRO TESTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) FINITE ELEMENT MODELS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL CARE; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAXILLA; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHODONTICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAXILLA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PALATAL EXPANSION TECHNIQUE; SKULL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33846317818     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM92     Document Type: Article

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