Study of the stress–strain state of spongy bone around an implant under occlusal load

Abstract

The article studies the stress–strain state of the spongy bone of an implanted jaw. A spongy bone can be considered as a multiporous area with its fissures and pores as the most visible components of a double-porous system. The work studies the stress–strain state of the spongy jaw-bone near the implant, which is under occlusal load. A mathematical model of the problem is the contact problem of the theory of elasticity between the implant and the jaw-bone. The problem is solved by using the boundary element methods, which are based on the solutions of Flamant (BEMF) and Boussinesq’s (BEMB) problems. The cases of various lengths of an implant diameter are considered. Stress contours (isolines) in the jaw-bone are drawn and the results obtained by BEMF and BEMB for the different-diameter implants are compared.