Thermal Necrosis Assisted Dental Implant Removal: A 3-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis

Nayana Prabhu; Krishna Kumar; Ritesh Bhat; Vathsala Patil; Suhas Kowshik; Utkarsh Swain; Gautam Jaladi; Abhilash Agarwal

From The Journal:

Engineered Science

Volume 19, 2022

Thermal Necrosis Assisted Dental Implant Removal: A 3-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis

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Authors and affiliations

Nayana Prabhu, Krishna Kumar, Ritesh Bhat,Vathsala Patil,Suhas Kowshik,Utkarsh Swain, Gautam Jaladi and Abhilash Agarwal

Nayana Prabhu¹

Krishna Kumar^2,*Email

Ritesh Bhat²

Vathsala Patil³

Suhas Kowshik²

Utkarsh Swain^2,4

Gautam Jaladi^2,5

Abhilash Agarwal⁶

¹Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104 India.

²Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104 India.

³Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104 India.

⁴Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld 38678, Germany.

⁵Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States.

⁶School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang, 707101 Singapore.

Abstract

A 3-dimension (3D) model of a mandibular section of the bone was used to investigate the optimal contact area required to remove a dental implant via thermal necrosis using a 3-dimensional finite element method. The model includes cortical bone, cancellous bone, Straumann dental implant, and the crown was created using Dassault Systèmes CATIA V6® product lifecycle management software. Four different contact areas were analyzed by supplying power of 5, 24, and 40 W. At 5 W, the implant temperature is indeterminable for all the three implants considered - Ti₆Al₄V, titanium dioxide, and zirconia. The results of this investigation showed that increasing the diameter of the contact area not only reduced the time it took for the implant to reach 47°C but also dissipated heat evenly.