A FATIGUE TEST TO ASSESS THE DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF DENTAL IMPLANTS

초록

A purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of material properties and design of a jig on fatigue test results of dental implants. An implant fatigue test method is specified in ISO14801 [1], but it is not described well about the fatigue test jig. The jig of ISO14801 has to firmly hold the fixture, and the elastic modulus of the jig should be more than 3 GPa. These requirements are not sufficient enough to represent the dental implant in the jawbone because the fixture is osseointegrated in the jawbone that is made up with the cortical bone and cancellous bone. In this paper three different materials were used for the jig, and two different fixation methods to hold the fixture were examined in several FE (Finite Element) simulations and fatigue tests. From the simulation and test results, the effects of material properties and design of the jig were evaluated in the light of fatigue life of dental implants.