A software to generate finite element meshes for patient-specific denture

Author

Chenru Hao ; Zhen Cai ; Bing Han ; Mingzheng Zhang ; Yan Li ; Fang Pu

Author_Institution

Key Lab. for Biomech. & Mechanobiology of Minist. of Educ., Beihang Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2012

fDate

16-18 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

623

Lastpage

626

Abstract

Finite element modeling has been widely used in theoretical study of orthodontic biomechanics. However, the dental structure is complicate and it is time-consuming for traditional finite element meshes method. This restricts the application of finite element analysis of individual orthodontic treatment in clinic. In this paper, a novel software is developed, which includes the functions of semi-automatic teeth segmentation of patient-specific denture, 3D reconstruction and visualization of dental structure, 3D measurement of geometrical characteristics, simulation of tooth movement, and automatic generation of finite element meshes. This software may be used for patient-specific biomechanical analysis in orthodontics.

Keywords

biomechanics; dentistry; medical computing; mesh generation; orthotics; physiological models; 3D measurement; 3D reconstruction; dental structure visualization; finite element mesh generation software; finite element modeling; geometrical characteristics; orthodontic biomechanics; orthodontics; patient specific biomechanical analysis; patient specific denture; semiautomatic teeth segmentation; tooth movement simulation; dental segmentation; finite element modeling; orthodontics; voxel-based;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2012 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chongqing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1183-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMEI.2012.6512941

Filename

6512941