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SUBMITTER: Kong YS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4761364 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kong Yoon Soo YS Park Jun Woo JW Choi Dong Ju DJ
Maxillofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery 20160220 1
<h4>Background</h4>As dental implants receive masticatory stress, the distribution of stress is very important to peri-implant bone homeostasis and implant survival. In this report, we created a saddle-type implant and analyzed its stability and ability to distribute stress to the surrounding bone.<h4>Methods</h4>The implants were designed as a saddle-type implant (SI) that wrapped around the alveolar bone, and the sizes of the saddles were 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, and 5.5 mm. The X and Y displacement wer ...[more]