Comparison of Stress In Peri-Implant Bone of Anterior Maxilla on Loading of Straight and Angulated Platform Switched Implant Abutments - A 3D Finite Element Analysis
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Shashank Vijapure1, Nisha Singh2, Vikender Singh Yadav3, Shailesh Kumar4*, Kamini Kiran5
1Private Practitioner, Department of Periodontics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, M S Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, India
2Division of Periodontics, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, India
3Division of Periodontics, Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
4Department of Dentistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India
5Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India
*Corresponding Author: Shailesh Kumar, Department of Dentistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India.
Received: 05 September 2019; Accepted: 30 October 2019; Published: 06 January 2020
Citation: Shashank Vijapure, Nisha Singh, Vikender Singh Yadav, Shailesh Kumar, Kamini Kiran. Comparison of Stress In Peri-Implant Bone of Anterior Maxilla on Loading of Straight and Angulated Platform Switched Implant Abutments - A 3D Finite Element Analysis. Archives of Clinical and Medical Case Reports 4 (2020): 030-043.
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Background: Literature have shown the microbiological and mechanical benefits gained from using platform switching. Also there is increasing need for intentional inclination of the implants in specific situations like those placed in the anterior maxilla. There are no studies that evaluate the bone behaviour when using abutments associated with the principle of platform switching in different angulations in anterior maxilla. The aim of the present study was to measure and compare the stress distribution on peri-implant bone when implants are placed in the anterior maxilla using 2 different abutments with different angulations and 2 different load conditions, by means of 3D-Finite Element Analysis (FEA) which might be a powerful and effective tool to visualize such a situation.
Materials and Methods: Six mathematical models of implant-supported central incisor were created with varying abutment angulations: straight abutment (S1 and S2), angulated abutment at 15 degrees (A1 and A2) and angulated abutment at 20 degrees (A3 & A4), submitted to 2 loading conditions (146 N): S1, A1 and A3 oblique loading (45 degrees) and S2, A2 and A4 axial loading, parallel to the long axis of the implant. Maximum (Rmax) and minimum (Rmin) principal stress values were obtained for cortical and trabecular bone.
Results: All models showed higher stress on the peri-implant bone when subjected to oblique loading. For the cortical bone, the maximum principal stress (σ max) was highest in A1(45.53) followed by S1(34.82), A2(30.31), A3(24.85), S2(19.69) MPa and the least being in A4(16.57). For the trabecular bone, the σ max was highest in S1(8.75), followed by A1(12.12), S1(8.75), A2(7.12), A3(6.18), A4(4.12), and in S2(3.28) being the least.
Conclusion: Implants demonstrated increased maximum principal stress in oblique loading compared to axial loading in all the models. Maxi
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Platform switching implant; 3D-FEA; Bone; Stress distribution; Angulated abutment
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1. Introduction
Dental implants have been undoubtedly one among the most significant scientific breakthroughs of the dental field in the past 30 years [1]. A key factor for the success or failure of a dental implant is the manner in which stresses are transferred to the surrounding bone. In the past 2 decades, Finite element analysis (FEA) has become an increasingly useful tool for the prediction of the effects of stress on the implant and its surrounding bone. FEA is a technique for obtaining a solution to a complex mechanical problem by dividing the problem domain into a collection of much smaller and simpler domains (elements) in which the field variables can be interpolated with the use of shape functions. Because the components in a dental implant-bone system are extremely complex geometrically, FEA has been viewed as the most suitable tool for analyzing them. FEA was initially developed in the early 1960s to solve structural problems in the aerospace industry, but has since been extended to solve problems in heat transfer, fluid flow, mass transport, and electromagnetics. In 1976, Weinstein et al. [2] were the first to use FEA in implant dentistry; subsequently, FEA was applied rapidly in that field. Atmaram and Mohamed [3-5] analyzed the stress distribution in a single-tooth implant to understand the effect of elastic parameters and geometry of the implant, implant length variation, and pseudo-periodontal ligament incorporation. Borchers and Reichart [6] performed a 3-dimensional FEA of an implant at different stages of bone interface development.
Several studies [7-12] published in the literature have shown the benefits gained from using platform switching, a concept based on the use of an implant with a larger diameter than the abutment diameter. This configuration has been related to microbiological and mechanical benefits, such as reducing inflammatory cell infiltration at the implant-abutment interface and diminished stress on the periimplant bone in comparison with the conventional system [13, 14]. When more intense bone resorption occurs, this may impair aesthetics and the soft tissue architecture [15, 16]. Moreover, bone loss usually begins in the crestal area of the cortical bone and can progress toward the apical region, jeopardizing the longevity of the implant and prosthesis [17]. It is suggested that optimization of an implant may favor the mechanical environment for the maintenance of bone [18].
The need for intentional inclination of the implants should also be considered in specific situations, especially in cases in which dental implants are placed to support restorations in the anterior maxilla. Here, aesthetic or spatial needs arising from the limited available bone anatomy may require the use of abutments to allow proper positioning of the prosthesis, without causing functional or cosmetic damage [19, 20].
Few investigators have studied the unavoidable situation of placing and loading implants at angulations in the anterior maxilla [20], there are no studies that evaluate the bone behaviour when using abutments associated with the principle of platform switching in different angulations based on surgical-driven approaches and their comparison with platform switched straight abutments.
Therefore, the need of the current study is to measure and compare the stress distribution on peri-implant bone when implants are placed in the anterior maxilla using 2 different abutments with different angulations and 2 different load conditions, by means of 3D-Finite Element Analysis (FEA) which might be a powerful and effective tool to visualize such a situation [21-37].
2. Materials and Methods
The study was conducted in the Department of Periodontics, M.S. Ramaiah Dental College, Bangalore, with technical assistance from M S Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. A cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scan of a fully dentate maxilla was retrieved from the database of the M S Ramaiah Dental College & Hospital.
The criteria for selection was, a scan with lack of metallic restorations in the region, to limit radiographic artifacts. Data from the CBCT scans were used to build 3-dimensional patient-specific models of the anterior maxilla. Which were obtained in DICOM format. The radiographic density in the CBCT scans was used to assign individual mechanical parameters to each element in terms of Hounsfield units (HU). A value of 0 HU was defined as the radiodensity of distilled water at standard temperature and pressure, and the raiodensity of air at standard temperature and pressure was –1000 HU. Data Acquisition Preoperative data for the patient were acquired with a CBCT scanner (CS 9300, Carestream Health, Inc., 2012) with 0.3-mm voxel resolution, which was designed especially for dental and maxillofacial applications. CBCT scan of Implants were taken mounting the implants on wax block. Both the implants were mounted in identical position, for standardisation. The implant models too were imported into Mimics software (Materialise) and positioned in the anterior segment of the maxilla corresponding to the region of the left central incisor at different angulations, in different mathematical models. After the implants were placed in the proper position, the abutment screw model were imported and aligned with the respective implants, as per the desired conditions for the study. Two types of meshes, a surface mesh and a volumetric mesh were necessary, to produce the FEA model. Converted CBCT data were imported to a visualization program called Mimics (Materialise, Leuven, Belgium) to generate an outline of the maxilla, which resulted in a smooth-surface triangle mesh that was ready for further processing.
Figure 1: Models of anterior maxilla with placement of angulated implants.
Figure 2: Different parts of model after meshing.
Figure 3: Trabecular bone model after meshing.
Figure 4: Straight and angulated abutments with implants after meshing. Total number of nodes=23785, Total number of elements=126735, 4-noded tetrahedral elements used.
Total of Six mathematical models representing the anterior segment of the maxilla were fabricated using software programs. These model Implants with ceramic crowns cemented on the abutments with a 0.05-mm-thick layer of cement were as follows:
In 2 models, the placement of a straight abutment (S1 and S2) were simulated, in 2 models (A1 and A2), the abutments were angulated at 15 degrees, whereas in the other 2 models (A3 and A4), the abutments were angulated at 20 degrees. All The 6 models were subjected to the same loading force 146 N load applied 3 mm below the incisal edge on the palatal surface of the simulated crown,
Under 2 different conditions:
1) S1, A1and A3 → force applied in the oblique direction, at 45 degrees to the long axis of the implant
2) S2, A2 and A4 → axial force, applied parallel to the long axis of the implant.
The fixed support was determined along the 3 Cartesian axes (x = y = z = 0) to characterize the boundary condition. (world beyond the stopping point, i.e. Everything else, that have not been modelled).
3. Results
All models showed higher stress on the peri-implant bone when subjected to oblique loading. For the cortical bone, the Maximum Principal Stress (σ max) was highest in A1 followed by S1, A2, A3, S2 and the least being in A4. (Table 1). For the trabecular bone, the σ max was highest in S1, followed by A1, S1, A2, A3, A4, and in S2 being the least (Table 1). Oblique force generated an increase of 50-77 % in the maximum principal stress in the cortical bone. The stress, increased by approximately by 77% in Straight abutments (S2). Whereas, It increased by 50% with the application of oblique load (force at an angle of 45 degrees to the long axis of the crown) in 150 (A2) & 200 Angulated Abutments (A4). In the trabecular bone the stress increased by approximately 1.5 to 2.5 times, and maximum stress increment was seen in Straight Abutment (Graph 1.)
When the behaviour of the different abutments was analysed in cortical bone, an increase of 30% σ max was observed in the case of the oblique load, when the 150 Angulated abutment (A1) was used compared to the straight abutment (S1), wherein a decrease of load by 30% was seen in case of 200 Angulated abutment (A3). Also, when the load was applied in the axial direction (A2), the 15o Angulated abutment had a maximum principal stress value approximately 54% higher than that observed in Straight abutment (S2) which decreased by to 15% with 200 Angulated Abutment.
In trabecular bone, load in oblique direction increased peri-implant stress upto 39% in case of 15o Angulated abutment and decreased by 30% in case of 200 Angulated Abutment. Axial loading increased the stress around 15o Angulated abutment by twice that of the peri-implant bone around a Straight implant & a 25% increase was noted in case of 200 Angulated Abutment. Maximum von Mises stress demonstrated almost similar increase in oblique loading as compared to axial loading which was by 50% in cortical bone in all the models. Highest Maximum von Mises stress increment was seen in obliquely loaded straight abutment (S1) (Graph2) which was upto 2.5 times increased compared to axially loaded straight abutment (S2). Also there was an increased von Mises stress in cortical bone with angulated implant abutments ranging from 44- 66% compared to straight implant abutments (S1, S2). Upto 48% increased stress in 150 Angulated abutment (A1, A2) &upto 66% in 200 Angulated Abutment (A3, A4).
A pattern was observed with the models, there was shift of maximum principal stress from the labial to the palatal aspect with angulated abutments when compared to the straight implant abutments, in these platform switched implants (Table 2). Minimum principal stress values are almost same in Trabecular Bone, whereas in cortical bone more stress in S1, S2 was demonstrated that A2, A4, S2, A1, A3 (Graph 3).
|
Maximum Principal Stress |
Minimum Principal Stress |
Max. von Mises Stress |
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Implant types-Load direction |
Cortical |
Trabecular |
Cortical |
Trabecular |
Cortical |
Trabecular |
S1 (Straight Oblique Load) |
34.82 |
8.75 |
-15.55 |
-2.69 |
33.92 |
13.09 |
S2 (Straight Axial Load) |
19.69 |
3.28 |
-19.74 |
-1.2 |
22.62 |
4.85 |
A1 (15 degree Angulated Oblique Load) |
45.53 |
12.12 |
-30.68 |
-1.42 |
50.21 |
6.47 |
A2 (15 degree Angulated Axial Load) |
30.31 |
7.12 |
-19.92 |
-0.72 |
32.62 |
4.96 |
A3 (20 degree Angulated Oblique Load) |
24.85 |
6.18 |
-37.38 |
-2.58 |
56.25 |
7.57 |
A4 (20 degree Angulated Axial Load) |
16.57 |
4.12 |
-24.92 |
-1.72 |
37.5 |
5.05 |
Table 1: Stress Values in peri implant bone (MPa) after loading at 146 N.
Maximum Principal Stress Distribution |
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Implant types-Load direction |
Cortical |
Trabecular |
S1 (Straight Oblique Load) |
Crestal Palatally |
Labially |
S2 (Straight Axial Load) |
Palatally |
Labially |
A1(15 degree Angulated Oblique Load) |
Crestal Palatally |
Palatally |
A2(15 degree Angulated Axial Load) |
Crestal Labially |
Palatally |
A3(20 degree Angulated Oblique Load) |
Crestal Labially |
Palatally |
A4(20 degree Angulated Axial Load) |
Crestal Labially |
Palatally |
Table 2: Stress Distribution in the Peri-implant bone (*Crestal is suggestive of the Bone Implant interface).
Figure 5: Models representing the anterior segment of the maxilla.
Graph 1: The trabecular bone stress maximum increment.
Graph 2: Highest Maximum von Mises stress increment was seen in obliquely loaded straight abutment
Figure 6: The minimum principal stress values.
4. Discussion
This study was performed to demonstrate the stress generated in peri-implant bone using different abutment angulations of platform switched implants in anterior maxilla. The load applied were obliquely at 450 angulation to the long axis of tooth & parallel to the long axis of tooth. The Oblique load resulted in higher maximum principal stress values in all the models. This was in accordance with several studies performed previously [38-40].
According to Ferrario et al. [41] a 146 N load exerted to the central incisor represents the maximum anterior bite force. The oblique loading with 450 angulation at a point 3 mm apical to the incisal edge on the palatal surface of the simulated crown depicts natural biting force by the mandibular counterpart [42] whereas axial loading simulates a clinical situation in which the incisors are in edge-to-edge position.
In the present study, in an attempt to simulate the natural dentition, loads of 146 N were applied at the above mentioned points, which was the first of its kind study performed in platform switched angulated abutments. The present study demonstrated that, the Maximum Principal Stress (σ max) was highest in A1 (150 angulated abutment) followed by S1, A2, A3, S2 and the least being in A4. An increase in stress was seen from 34.81 MPa in Straight abutment (S1) i.e. 0o to 45.53 MPa in Angulated abutment-15o (A1) However, it was decreased in Angulated abutment-20o (A3) to 24.85 MPa.
Series of similar Studies conducted by Clelland [43-45] regarding angled abutments in which photoelastic, strain gauge, and finite element techniques were employed to study the effect of stress transfer. Their findings suggested that the stresses measured from strain gauge readings for 15-degree and 20-degree abutments were 170% and 190% [45] respectively, compared to the stresses for a 0-degree abutment. Under a similar loading condition but with different material properties for bone and implant, the finite element study [43], revealed only an 11% increase in stress when the abutment angulation was increased from 0 to 20 degrees.
In another study Brosh et al [46], attached strain gauges to implant surfaces and embedded these implants in photoelastic acrylic resins to investigate stress transfer from angled abutments. When the color fringe change within the photoelastic acrylic resin was observed, only an 11% increase in stress was detected when the abutment angulation was increased from 0 to 25 degrees [46]. In the same study, however, the strain-gauge data showed that for 15- and 25-degree abutments, respectively, the increase of strain were 3 and 4.4 times greater, respectively, than the control (0 degrees). Identical results were seen in the present study which can be broadly supported in two ways – First & foremost, influence of variety of factors such as loading condition (magnitude and direction), material properties, and location of strain gauge itself. Secondly, the decrease in maximum stress can be substantiated by the stress distribution. wherein, 15o angulated abutment has shown distribution only palatally, 25o angulated abutment demonstrated both labially and palatally.
In the present study, Oblique loading has shown 77 % increment in principal stress when compared to axial loading in case of straight abutments. In a similar study by Martini et al. [39] the results showed the increased stress values found in models and reinforced the negative effects of oblique force application, also claimed to be similar to those found in the three-dimensional finite element Study of Caglar et al. [47].
Studies of cancellous bone, however, are still insufficient, and in clinical settings, intraoperative examination is still being performed according to the classification of Lekholm and Zarb. Cancellous bone plays an important biomechanical role during load-bearing in peri-implant bone, the mechanism by which the different structures of cortical and cancellous bone affect stress levels and their interaction remain unclear. In the trabecular bone, the stress increased by approximately 1.5 to 2.5 times, and maximum stress increment was seen in Straight Abutment.
In the present study, maximum von Mises stress demonstrated almost similar increase in oblique loading as compared to axial loading which was by 50% in cortical bone in all the models. In a similar study it was found in range (6.48 to 24.51 MPa) of cortical von Mises stress, may be slightly higher than in the in-vivo condition [48].
The values and distributions of (Max. Von mises stress) EQV strain in the bone were similar for both the platform-switched and the matching-diameter abutments in a similar FEA [49]. In addition no significant contribution was found for it in the statistical analysis. These results are in contrast to the findings previously reported by Maeda et al. [7], and the results of the present study.
However, in present study the von Mises stress ranged from 2.5 to 8 times in cortical bone that of σvM in trabecular bone, which was in accordance with a study by Gurgel-Juarez et al. which demonstrated 6 to 14 times higher von Mises stress than that in trabecular bone in all models. Also it was in accordance with the findings of Okumura et al. [49]. For analysis of the results, the maximum principal stress values were obtained for the cortical and trabecular bones. According to Dejak and Mlotkows [50] these analysis criteria are appropriate for predicting failures in nonductile materials.
According to Bayraktar et al. [51] the cortical yield strength, in tension conditions, is 104 MPa. On the other hand, trabecular yield strength, in tension is 82 MPa. The yield strength values are considered as a threshold for microcrack formation in cortical layer of bone. Evidence shows that microcracks stimulate bone remodeling, which begins with bone resorption and is followed by bone formation.
In the present study, even after the platform switched implants were loaded with maximum possible load exerted by the mandibular counterparts on the central incisor teeth.i.e. a load of 146 N. The results demonstrated the maximum principal stress of 45.53 & 12.12 MPa which were well within the yield strength of cortical and trabecular bone respectively, irrespective of the implants placed in any angulation ranging from 0-20 degrees.
It also eliminated the possibilities of any confusion due to application of the physiologic static load range (4.5–9 MPa), which in most studies has led to confusions. On the other hand, the lowest obtained principal stress have been seen to be more (16.57 MPa) in cortical bone and (3.28 MPa) in trabecular bone than the stress magnitudes associated with reduced bone density. The stress magnitudes were studied by the mathematical models for simulating the bone remodeling process under mechanical stimulus [52] and the behaviour of adaptive bone-remodeling simulation models [53], where stress magnitudes of 0 to 2 MPa (under- load) are associated with reduced bone density & stress magnitudes of 4 to 9 MPa are associated with increased bone density, which substantiates the Bio-Mechanical aspect of platform switched implants.
5. Conclusion
This was the first time when a study was designed in an attempt to simulate the natural bite & edge to edge bite under maximum bite force recorded by anteriors. i.e. 146 N on platform switched implant abutments. The results demonstrated increased stress in oblique loading compared to axial loading in all the models. Also increased stress was seen in 150 angulated implants compared to straight implants which reduced on increasing the abutment angulation to 200.
However, the results of the present study should be interpreted with some care. Other scenarios of platform switching, such as different amounts of abutment mismatch, platform switching with a different size of implant shoulder, platform switching in different implant-abutment connections, and platform switching in multiple implant protocols, could also affect the biomechanical environment of implants and should also be investigated. Further, longitudinal clinical studies like experimental studies using strain gauges are necessary to provide more accurate analysis for better implant results.
Conflict of Interest Statement
No conflict of interest
Authors Contribution Statement
- Concept, design, clinical work of the study was done by Dr. Shashank Vijapure
- Drafting of article was look after by Dr Nisha Singh
- Critical revision of article and approval of article was done by Dr Vikender Singh Yadav
- Critical revision and submission of article was done by Dr Shailesh Kumar
- Data management was done by Dr. Kamini Kiran.
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