Funding entity Clínica Gaizka Loroño - Endodoncia Exclusiva
The global objective of this collaboration is focused on the analysis of cracks and the structural weakening of premolars caused by the opening and internal machining process of root canals. Endodontic treatment includes this among its main phases as a previous step to the irrigation of the root canals. Along with the risk of hypochlorite extrusion in the apical area, vertical cracking of the tooth constitutes the most significant risk in this clinical application.
The specific goal of the analysis will be the computational modeling of a premolar tooth obtained by micro-CT and the analysis of the stress concentration resulting from different case studies. A review of the state of the art will be carried out and, based on this, the contour conditions and loads applied to a premolar in the different phases of opening and machining typical of endodontic treatment will be defined.
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