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The main objective of this work is to present a methodology to assess the thermal necrosis in a dental model due a drilling process with and without water irrigation. An experimental methodology, using an infrared thermography camera, was used to measure the rate of temperature change during the drilling in a pig mandible. The finite element method is used with the Ansys program to compare the results with the experimental model. A simplified model was analyzed in a transient thermal process. Using appropriated boundary conditions, successful numerical results could be used as an alternative to the in-vivo models.
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Thermal necrosis Finite element method Water irrigation Simplified model Pig mandible
Citation
E.M.M. Fonseca; Magalhães,K. ; Fernandes,M.G. ; Sousa, G. ; Barbosa, M.P. (2013). The assessment of the thermal necrosis due a drilling dental process with or without irrigation. In 3rd Portuguese Bioengineering Meeting. Braga: University of Minho, p.157-159. ISBN 978-1-4673-4859-1