Novel finite element-based plate design for bridging mandibular defects: Reducing mechanical failure.
Bram Barteld Jan MeremaJoep KraeimaSebastiaan A H J de VisscherBaucke van MinnenFrederik K L SpijkervetKees-Pieter SchepmanMax J H WitjesPublished in: Oral diseases (2020)
Reconstructing mandibular continuity defects with bookshelf-reconstruction plates with FEA underpinning the design seems to reduce the risk of screw pull-out and plate fractures.
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