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Strength analysis of 6 resorbable implant systems: does heating affect the stress-strain curve?
Pat Ricalde1, John Caccamese, Clinton Norby
1St Joseph's Children's Craniofacial Center, Tampa, FL, USA. pricalde@tampabay.rr.com
Purpose:
The objective was to directly compare the strength of 6 different resorbable implant plating systems using an in vitro model before and after heating.
Materials And Methods:
Red oak wood was cut and fixated using various resorbable plates and screws. Vertical load was applied and the specimens fractured, while a test machine gathered data. This was repeated after heating of the specimens.
Results:
Several parameters were analyzed, and force versus displacement curves were plotted for each specimen.
Conclusions:
There were no statistically significant differences for total maximum loads between heat-treated and non heat-treated specimens. There were differences in strengths amongst the various systems.
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