Clinical Data-Driven Finite Element Analysis of the Kinetics of Chewing Cycles in Order to Optimize Occlusal Reconstructions
Simon Martinez1, Jürgen Lenz1, Hans Schindler1,2, Willi Wendler1, Stefan Rues3, Karl Schweizerhof1,*, Sophia Terebesi2, Nikolaos Nikitas Giannakopoulos2, Marc Schmitter2
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.129, No.3, pp. 1259-1281, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.017422
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advances in Computational Mechanics and Optimization
To celebrate the 95th birthday of Professor Karl Stark Pister)
Abstract The occlusal design plays a decisive role in the fabrication of dental restorations. Dentists and dental technicians
depend on mechanical simulations of mandibular movement that are as accurate as possible, in particular, to
produce interference-free yet chewing-efficient dental restorations. For this, kinetic data must be available, i.e.,
movements and deformations under the influence of forces and stresses. In the present study, so-called functional
data were collected from healthy volunteers to provide consistent information for proper kinetics. For the latter
purpose, biting and chewing forces, electrical muscle activity and jaw movements were registered synchronously,
and individual More >
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