Prognosis of implant longevity in terms of annual bone loss: a methodological finite element study

Vladyslav Demenko, Igor Linetskiy, Larysa Linetska, Vitalij Nesvit, Andrii Shevchenko, Oleg Yefremov and Hans-Werner Weisskircher

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2016, vol. 19, issue 2, 180-187

Abstract: Dental implant failure is mainly the consequence of bone loss at peri-implant area. It usually begins in crestal bone. Due to this gradual loss, implants cannot withstand functional force without bone overload, which promotes complementary loss. As a result, implant lifetime is significantly decreased. To estimate implant success prognosis, taking into account 0.2 mm annual bone loss for successful implantation, ultimate occlusal forces for the range of commercial cylindrical implants were determined and changes of the force value for each implant due to gradual bone loss were studied. For this purpose, finite element method was applied and von Mises stresses in implant–bone interface under 118.2 N functional occlusal load were calculated. Geometrical models of mandible segment, which corresponded to Type II bone (Lekholm & Zarb classification), were generated from computed tomography images. The models were analyzed both for completely and partially osseointegrated implants (bone loss simulation). The ultimate value of occlusal load, which generated 100 MPa von Mises stresses in the critical point of adjacent bone, was calculated for each implant. To estimate longevity of implants, ultimate occlusal loads were correlated with an experimentally measured 275 N occlusal load (Mericske-Stern & Zarb). These findings generally provide prediction of dental implants success.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2015.1005079

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