Análise das tensões nos primeiros pré-molares superior e inferior, em contato, através do método de elementos finitos

Abstract

Non carious cervical lesions were often attributed to toothbrush abrasion and/or erosive process. Biomechanical theories consider that stress concentration in the cervical area, caused by cuspal flexure, may contribue, associated to other clinical factors for the development of the lesion called abfraction. The aim of this finite element study, using the ANSYS version 8.1, is to analyze the stress distribution in the cervical region of superior and inferior premolars bidimensional models. Contacts in centric and eccentric positions were reproduced under a 1 N load. To simulate tooth mobility reduction under impact loads, the elastic modulus of the periodontal ligament was increased to reach the corresponding ones of the alveolar and cortical bone. The results showed that, in eccentric positions, teeth bend and tensile stress are generated at the cervical region opposed to the contact side, justifying the possibility to initiation of the lesion. In centric position, tensile stress occurred on both teeth at the central fossae and at the buccal cervical area of the inferior premolar. The simulation of tooth mobility reduction under impact loads diminished the tensile stress value, at all of the analyzed positions, in a rate of 33% and 66% respectively to superior and inferior premolars.