Dental implants are increasingly being placed for edentulous patients worldwide. While the clinical aspects of the implants are extensively investigated, engineering considerations of the implant as a functional structure subjected to ill-defined boundary conditions are less considered. A recent trend is to consider all ceramic implants as an alternative to the classical titanium-based implants. We present here the first study of their functionality for repeated loading (mastication), as assessed through random spectrum loading inspired by earthquake and aerospace engineering testing approaches.
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| fatigue-ceramic-implants.pdf | 1.44 MB |
| fractography-ceramic-implants.pdf | 5.23 MB |