使用ATOZTM扩展器对不对称扩张的有限元建模
Abdelhak Ouldyerou1,2, Peter Ngan2, Khaled Alsharif2
1Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America.
PloS one
|June 13, 2025
概括
这项研究使用有限元分析来测试ATOZTM扩展器用于纠正不对称的快速 palatal 扩张 (RPE). 修改后的扩展器设计具有单面牙支,有效地减少了不对称性,提供了非手术解决方案.
科学领域:
- 生物机械工程 生物机械工程
- 矯正牙科 矯正牙科是一種矯正牙科.
- 头骨面部的发展
背景情况:
- 不对称的牙骨扩张是快速口腔扩张 (RPE) 的常见并发症.
- 这种不对称性可能会导致重要的功能和美学问题.
- 解决这个问题需要了解口腔扩展器的生物力学.
研究的目的:
- 通过有限元分析评估ATOZTM扩展器的生物力学性能.
- 调查扩展器设计修改如何解决不对称扩张.
- 探索单边成熟度患者的解决方案.
主要方法:
- 创建了头骨的3D有限元模型,包括牙和 sutures.
- 两个模型模拟了对称 (B阶段) 和不对称 (C阶段) 的结成熟.
- 在模拟扩张下测试了五种配置的ATOZTM扩展器.
主要成果:
- 通过对称模型中的某些配置,可以实现对称扩张.
- 在不对称模型中观察到显著的不对称性,除了一个配置外.
- 配置4,具有单面牙支,有效地重新分配力量,并最大限度地减少不对称性.
- 微型植入物的数量产生了轻微的影响,而牙支显著影响了力分布.
结论:
- 扩展器,特别是具有单面牙支的扩展器,可以弥补不对称的抗.
- 这种修改后的扩展器提供了一个潜在的非手术方法来管理单边结成熟度.
- 这些发现可能会减少对手术干预的需要,例如手术辅助快速扩张 (SARPE).
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