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Enrico Marchetti1, Stefano Ratta, Stefano Mummolo
1*Assistant Professor, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. †Researcher, Dental Clinic, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. ‡Researcher, Technologies and Health Department, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy. §First Researcher, Technologies and Health Department, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy. ¶Professor, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Purpose:
The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the mechanical reliability of a dental implant system by testing its maximum fracture load and mechanical performance under cyclic fatigue stress.
Methods:
An experimental study according to the international standards (UNI EN ISO 14801: 2008) was performed using 13 implants (3.80 mm in diameter and 12 mm in length) with straight titanium abutments tightened to 30 N. Five samples were subjected to compression stress at break. Based on the mean fracture load value obtained in this test, the levels of dynamic loading range were set and were carried on at a frequency of 15 Hz for 5 × 10 cycles.
Results:
The compression stress at break mean value of the tested implants was 430 N (SD ± 35.66 N). In the mechanical fatigue stress test, the fatigue limit for 5 × 10 load cycles was 172 N.
Conclusions:
The evaluated implant system proved to withstand considerable mechanical loads under the "worst-case" loading situation performed according to UNI EN ISO 14801 standard. The reliability of this test protocol makes it suitable to be accomplished for understanding and comparing mechanical properties of implant systems.
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