Title :
Assessment of dental implant osseointegration from nonlinear dynamic response
Author :
Ramp, L.C. ; Jeffcoat, R.L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Dentistry, Alabama Univ., Birmingham, AL, USA
Abstract :
Describes a new hand-held instrument which quantifies the osseointegration of dental implants by exploiting nonlinearities in the dynamic response of the implant-bone system. The technique provides a basis for unambiguous identification of failed implants, and for longitudinal monitoring of implant stability
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical equipment; dentistry; mechanical stability; orthopaedics; patient monitoring; prosthetics; dental implant osseointegration assessment; dynamic response nonlinearities; failed implants unambiguous identification; hand-held instrument; implant stability longitudinal stability; implant-bone system; nonlinear dynamic response; Dentistry; Implants;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.803921
