The discrete nature of trabecular bone microarchitecture affects implant stability

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1060-1067

  Wirth, Andreas J ^a   Müller, Ralph ^a   Harry van Lenthe, G ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bone microstructure; Implant stability; Micro finite element ( FE) analysis; Peri implant bone quality

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT; AXIAL LOADING; BONE ADAPTATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MICROSTRUCTURE; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; DISCRETE LEVELS; DISCRETE MODELS; ENDOSSEOUS IMPLANT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IMPLANT STABILITY; LOAD TRANSFER; LOW DENSITY; MECHANICAL LOADING; PERI-IMPLANT BONES; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; TRABECULAR BONES; TRABECULAR MICRO-ARCHITECTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SCREWS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE;

BONE SCREWS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HUMERAL HEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858621386     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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