Open AccessStress distribution in a tooth treated through minimally invasive access compared to one treated through traditional access: A finite element analysis study
Author(s) -
Chad T. Allen,
Clark A. Meyer,
Eunguk Yoo,
Jose Vargas,
Ying Li,
Poorya Jalali
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of conservative dentistry/journal of conservative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5203
pISSN - 0972-0707
DOI - 10.4103/jcd.jcd_260_18
Subject(s) - crown (dentistry) , dentin , finite element method , von mises yield criterion , materials science , stress (linguistics) , molar , fracture (geology) , composite number , dentistry , orthodontics , composite material , structural engineering , medicine , engineering , linguistics , philosophy
The purpose of this study was to compare the stress distributions in the teeth treated through minimally invasive access (MIA) designs to those of the teeth treated through traditional straight-line access and their relationship to the final restoration using three-dimensional finite element analysis (FEA).