Geramy Allahyar, Mortezai Omid, Esmaily Masomeh, Darvishpour Hojat
Professor, Dental Research Center, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Assistant Professor, Dental Caries Prevention Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
J Dent (Tehran). 2015 Apr;12(4):271-80.
Headgears are among the effective orthodontic appliances to achieve treatment goals. Unilateral molar distal movement is sometimes needed during an orthodontic treatment, which can be achieved by an asymmetric headgear. Different unilateral headgears have been introduced. The main goal of this study was to analyze the force system of unilateral expanded outer bow asymmetric headgears by the finite element method (FEM).
Six 3D finite element models of a mesiodistal slice of the maxilla containing upper first molars, their periodontal ligaments (PDLs), cancellous bone, cortical bone, and a cervical headgear with expanded outer bow attached to maxillary first molars were designed in SolidWorks 2010 and meshed in ANSYS Workbench ver. 12.1. The models were the same except for the degree of outer bow expansion. The outer bow ends were loaded with 2 N force. The distal driving force and the net moment were evaluated.
A decrease in the distalizing force in the normal side molar from 1.69 N to 1.37 N was shown by increasing the degree of unilateral expansion. At the same time, the force increased from 2.19 N to 2.49 N in the expanded side molar. A net moment increasing from 2.26 N.mm to 4.64 N.mm was also shown.
Unilateral outer bow expansion can produce different distalizing forces in molars, which increase by increasing the expansion.
头帽是实现正畸治疗目标的有效矫治器之一。正畸治疗中有时需要单侧磨牙远中移动,这可通过不对称头帽来实现。已推出了不同的单侧头帽。本研究的主要目的是通过有限元法(FEM)分析单侧扩弓外弓不对称头帽的力系统。
在SolidWorks 2010中设计了六个包含上颌第一磨牙、其牙周膜(PDL)、松质骨、皮质骨以及附着在上颌第一磨牙上带有扩弓外弓的颈带式头帽的上颌近远中切片的三维有限元模型,并在ANSYS Workbench ver. 12.1中进行网格划分。除了外弓扩张程度不同外,这些模型是相同的。在外弓末端施加2 N的力。评估远中驱动力和净力矩。
随着单侧扩张程度的增加,正常侧磨牙的远中向力从1.69 N降低至1.37 N。同时,扩弓侧磨牙的力从2.19 N增加至2.49 N。净力矩也从2.26 N·mm增加至4.64 N·mm。
单侧外弓扩张可在磨牙上产生不同的远中向力,且随着扩张程度增加而增大。