Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 218-225 , March 2008

A complete finite element model of a mandibular implant-retained overdenture with two implants: Comparison between rigid and resilient attachment configurations

  • M. Daas

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dental Surgery, René Descartes University, Paris V, 92000 Montrouge, France
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  • G. Dubois

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Physics and Mechanics of Materials, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Metz, Ile du Saulcy, 57045 Metz Cedex, France
    • Orthopédie Biomécanique Locomotion, 92320 Châtillon, France.
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  • A.S. Bonnet

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Fiabilité Mécanique, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Metz, Ile du Saulcy, 57045 Metz Cedex, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 387344264
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  • P. Lipinski

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Fiabilité Mécanique, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Metz, Ile du Saulcy, 57045 Metz Cedex, France
    • ,
  • C. Rignon-Bret

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dental Surgery, René Descartes University, Paris V, 92000 Montrouge, France

Received 14 March 2006 ,Revised 9 February 2007 ,Accepted 12 February 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00037-9

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.02.005

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 218-225 , March 2008

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