Design Evaluation of Splinted and Non-splinted Crown of Dental Implant to Improve Stress Distribution at Bone-Implant Interface Using FEA
摘要
There has been an upsurge in applications of dental implant over last few decades and FEM has played an essential role in rapid development of dental implant. In spite of that, dentists are still doubtful regarding the use of splinted or non-splinted dental implants. Few studies state that splinted implants are better than non-splinted dental implants from a biomechanical viewpoint while few studies state that non-splinted dental implants are better for oral hygiene and retreatment point of view. This study presents a biomechanical aspect by analyzing distribution of stress in splinted as well as non-splinted dental implant based on occlusal loadings. The results state that splinted dental implants cause uniform stress distribution in the mandibular region and thus are favorable from biomechanical standpoint.