Biomechanical Characterization and Modeling of Natural and Alloplastic Human Temporomandibular Joint

To improve reduced functions of the temporomandibular joint, total replacement involves removing the non-functional joint and replacing it with an artificial one. Recent prostheses may lead to different cases of failure that require additional surgical procedures. Some solutions are available to improve the artificial joint survival rate. Materials and geometry play important key roles in enhancing the long-term life of the joint, but the biomechanics of the human masticatory system must also be well characterized. Forces applied to the mandible by muscles, articular joints and teeth need to be determined to assess the strain and stress patterns of the whole mandible and particularly of the condyle area to control the effects of stress shielding. While the femur, for example, is a well-documented bone structure, this is not the case for the mandible bone; there seems to be little investigation in the literature into the biomechanics of the mandible.

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