Abstract
An elastic-biphasic model for the simulation of the periodontal ligament (PDL) and the adjacent tooth is presented and investigated. The PDL is modelled as a biphasic material following the work of Ehlers and Markert (2001), whereas the tooth is modelled as a linear elastic body. A spatial discretisation scheme is proposed based on mixed finite elements for the spatial discretisation. Due to nonlinearity in the model, a predictor-corrector scheme is employed as a temporal discretisation scheme. In order to validate the PDL model, in vitro measurements are compared with numerical simulations. The numerical simulations are performed using geometries resulting from micro-CT scanner of the same porcine tooth, which was employed for the invitro measurements.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 544-553 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2013 |
Keywords
- biphasic theory
- elastic-biphasic coupling
- finite elements
- partial differential equation
- periodontal ligament
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Bioengineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Science Applications