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The gnathic system in obese and diabetics. II. (Changes in the hard tissues)
Z Jány1, V Martinko, J Podhradský
1Department for the Research of Stomatologic Diseases, Medical Bionics Research Institute, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
Abstract:
The authors pay increased attention to issues concerning correct interpretation of mechanical phenomena of the hard tissues that facilitate interdisciplinary cooperation with technical specialists. Equal attention is paid also to terms of compressive stress and compressive strain. Analyzing the crown of the teeth the authors found striking coincidence between the developing dental caries localization and lower values of compressive strains. The relationship found between dental caries and mechanical strains offers stimuli for new preventive measures. The present study furthermore points to the importance of medical bionics and its methods for solving some other problems of the gnathic system.
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