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Can interfaces at bracket-wire and between teeth in multi-teeth finite element model be simplified?

OBJECTIVE: Finite element (FE) method's correctness depends heavily on modeling method. This study aimed at determining whether the interfaces at bracket-wire and between teeth can be simplified for multi-teeth FE analysis.

METHOD: A three-dimensional FE model of a mandible was created from cone-beam computed tomography scan. Due to symmetry, only a half of the mandible was modeled, which consisted of five teeth (1st premolar extraction and only 1st molar), brackets and archwire, periodontal ligament (PDL), cortical bone and cancellous bone. All the bone, teeth, PDL were considered to be isotropic and linear. The En-masse retraction case was simulated. A detailed model, which has contact elements between the bracket and archwire and between teeth, was developed to allow relative motion at the interfaces. A model with simplified interfacial conditions, which does not allow the relative motion, was also created. The stresses and displacements as results of the treatment on these two models were calculated and compared.

RESULTS: The stress and displacement distributions from the detailed model were more close to reality based on the expected displacement pattern of the clinical case than from the simplified model. The maximum stresses from the two methods were also different. The highest stress from the detailed model is twice as high as from the simplified model.

CONCLUSIONS: The detailed model provides much more reasonable results than the simplified model. Thus, the simplified model should not be used to replace the detailed model if the stress magnitude and highest stress location are the expected outcomes.

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