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Modeling the effect of osseointegration on dental implant pullout and torque removal tests
Author(s) -
Rittel Daniel,
Dorogoy Avraham,
ShemtovYona Keren
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical implant dentistry and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1708-8208
pISSN - 1523-0899
DOI - 10.1111/cid.12645
Subject(s) - osseointegration , dentistry , dental implant , implant , orthodontics , torque , medicine , surgery , physics , thermodynamics
Abstract Background Osseointegration of dental implants is a key factor for their success. It can be assessed either by destructive (eg, pullout or torque extraction), or nondestructive methods (eg, resonant frequency analysis). However, as of today there is a scarcity of models that can relate the outcome of destructive tests to the level of osseointegration. Purpose To study various percentages of bone to implant bonding (tie) using finite element simulations. While evolutions of the bone mechanical properties are not explicitly taken into account, emphasis is put on the 3‐dimensional variable extent of the bone‐implant bonding, its statistical distribution, and its influence on the measurable extraction and torque loads, seeking to obtain a quantitative relationship. Materials and Methods We performed numerical simulations of randomly tied implants and calculated the evolution of the pullout force as well as that of the extraction torque. Conclusion Within simplifying assumptions for the osseointegration represented by a tie (as opposed to frictional) constraint, the results of this work indicate that the torque test is more discriminant than the extraction one, while both cannot really discriminate osseointegration levels below a relative variation of 20%.