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ARCHIVES OF ORAL BIOLOGY
Volume 45, Issue 7, Pages 543-550Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(00)00031-5
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biomechanics; stress; strain gauge; photoelasticity; supporting bone
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Strain gauge and photoelastic experiments have been workhorses of experimental stress analysis for over 50 years. In this study, both were used to analyse the nature of stress distribution from the tooth root surface to the supporting alveolar bone. Such studies help in understanding the behaviour of dental supporting structures under physiological function. In the strain gauge experiment, the mechanical strains were measured on the supporting bone surface and the root surface of the tooth under applied bite force. It was found that higher strains were distributed along the cervical region of the supporting bone and the root surface. The photoelastic study was also done to evaluate the stress distribution pattern from the root surface to the supporting bone under clinical conditions. The stress patterns were found to decrease from the cervical to the apical region of the root surface, These studies highlight the role of the periodontium in stress distribution and bone remodelling. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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