NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE BEHAVIOR OF A ZIRCONIA DENTAL PROSTHESIS WITH PRIOR DEFECT
B. Meddour, F. Khadraoui, A. Guerraoui (DOI: 10.24874/jsscm.2017.11.01.01)
Abstract
The biomechanics field continues with its progress and will not cease to grow due to ongoing research in this area to find better solutions to problems. It is in this context that this work aims to simulate the mechanical behavior of a dental prosthesis made from zirconia. The proposal of zirconia as a material for dental prosthesis is the main aim of this paper. Indeed, Zirconia as a bioceramic material presents many advantages, and especially good biocompatibility and high resistance of wear. On the other hand the disadvantage of this material is its fragility i.e. it has weak strength against cracking. So, in this paper we considered a dental prosthesis assumed to be implanted to an adult person. In order to study the crack initiation we considered a defect in this prosthesis. Using the conditions of blocking and loading by Abaqus simulating tool, we obtained the results revealing the possibility of using zirconia as a material for dental prosthesis.
