En los últimos años, la tendencia en la odontología restauradora es la conservación al máximo de los tejidos dentarios remanentes, siendo esto así, lo que se buscan son alternativas diferentes para poder rehabilitar la perdida de piezas en los pacientes que se acercan a la consulta. Las prótesis híbridas adhesivas combinan una prótesis fija convencional (coronas) con aditamentos de un mínimo desgaste (carillas). Se presenta un caso clínico de un paciente de 43 años de edad de sexo masculino que acudió a la clínica de la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) en el año 2018 por presentar fractura corono radicular de un incisivo central superior, pilar de una prótesis parcial fija que provocaba la movilidad de la prótesis y alteraba la estética. Se planificó una prótesis híbrida que combinó una corona cerámica libre de metal en el incisivo central y carillas cerámicas (vestibular y palatino) en el incisivo lateral. El caso clínico evidenció una mejora de la estética, preservó tejidos dentarios y mejoró la satisfacción por parte del paciente con respecto a su sonrisa. La combinación de una prótesis convencional libre de metal y las carillas cerámicas son una alternativa eficiente para el manejo del edentulismo parcial antero superior con un mínimo de desgaste de las piezas dentarias. / In recent years, the trend in restorative dentistry is the maximum conservation of the remaining dental tissues, and this being so, what are sought are different alternatives to be able to rehabilitate the loss of parts in patients who come to the consultation. The hybrid adhesive prostheses combine a conventional fixed prosthesis (crowns) with minimal wear attachments (veneers). We present a clinical case of a 43-year-old male patient who attended the clinic of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC) in 2018 for presenting a radicular crown fracture of an upper central incisor, a pillar of a fixed partial prosthesis that it caused the mobility of the prosthesis and altered the aesthetics. We planned a hybrid prosthesis that combined a metal-free ceramic crown in the central incisor and ceramic veneers (buccal and palatal) in the lateral incisor. The clinical case evidenced an improvement in aesthetics, preserved dental tissues and improved patient satisfaction with respect to his smile. The combination of a conventional metal-free prosthesis and ceramic veneers is an efficient alternative for the management of upper partial anterior edentulism with minimal wear of the teeth. / Trabajo académico

Mechanical stresses and flow dynamics alteration in a stented artery region are known to stimulate intimal thickening and increase the risk of restenosis, the closure of a revascularized artery. Particle imaging velocimetry (PIV) is an optical flow visualization technique that can be used to characterize the local flow dynamics around different stent structures. However, the usual cylindrical stent geometries present visualization difficulties when using an optical measurement technique such as the PIV technique. Using a flat configuration of a stent model presents advantages over the usual cylindrical model. A planar stent model makes data acquisition easier in planes cutting through the model due to its flat geometry that is compatible with the PIV planar flow investigation technique. Furthermore, with the planar stent configuration model velocity measurements and their associated flow features can be done without inducing refraction of the laser light sheet occurring with the cylindrical model's curvature. The refraction of light should be avoided since measurement errors and reflections are the resulting effects of this laser light plane deviation when passing through the curvature of a cylindrical stent model. / The spatial and temporal distribution of the Wall Shear Stress (WSS), which is believed to be of primary importance in the development of restenosis should be comparable between the flat and the cylindrical stent configuration models. The velocity and shear strain rate distributions will be compared between the flat and cylindrical stent configurations using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations in order to analyse the feasibility of using a flat instead of a cylindrical version of the stent model for PIV experiments. It will be shown that for a physiological pulsatile flow the flat model yields results in shear strain rate spatial and temporal distribution that is comparable to the cylindrical model. A more PIV compatible, efficient and less refractive error prone validated flat model would be advantageous when several stent designs influence on the local hemodynamics around the strut geometries have to be studied quantitatively and optimized.

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Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2002. / Härtill 6 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2006. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

Introdução: A reconstrução de grandes defeitos da face nem sempre é passível de correção cirúrgica, podendo ser restaurados com as próteses faciais. Apesar da prótese óculopalpebral apresentar uma aparência natural, ela é facilmente notada, pois não apresenta os movimentos palpebrais de abertura e fechamento sincronizadas com o olho contralateral, tornando assim a reconstrução protética um grande desafio. Objetivos: Planejar, desenhar, viabilizar e construir um protótipo com recurso mecânico/elétrico possibilitando sincronia dos movimentos palpebrais com o olho sadio para utilização em prótese óculopalpebral. Material e Métodos: Confecção de uma prótese óculopalpebral com um dispositivo de pálpebra móvel em silicone médico capaz de conectar-se a um sistema mecânico-elétrico responsável por realizar movimentos de abertura e fechamento da pálpebra móvel da prótese. Resultados e Discussão: Foi confeccionada uma prótese óculo-palpebral em resina acrílica termicamente ativada, criando-se um nicho para a acomodação de um sistema elétrico e possibilitar a livre movimentação de uma fina pálpebra em silicone interligada ao dispositivo tornando possível a conexão desse sistema com um sensor que capta o movimento palpebral de um olho saudável. Conclusão: No presente estudo um protótipo mecânico - elétrico foi planejado, desenhado e desenvolvido acoplado a uma prótese óculopalpebral estabelecendo e sincronizando seus movimentos palpebrais com o olho sadio. / Introduction: Surgical reconstruction of large facial defects may not be always possible. Extraoral maxillofacial prosthesis are a good restorative option. Even though when the oculopalpebral prosthesis presents a natural appearance, it can be easily noticed because its eyelids do not move. It is desirable for the eyelids to open and close synchronously with contralateral eye. Thus, prosthetic reconstruction of oculopalpebral region is a great challenge. Objectives: To plan, design, enable and build a oculopalpebral prosthesis prototype with mechanical and electric features allowing eyelid motion with synchronization with the sound eye. Material and method: Fabrication of an oculopalpebral prosthesis with a medical grade silicone movable eyelid which has the capability to connect itself to an mechanical-eletrical system responsible to make opening and closing movements on prosthesis movable eyelid. Results and discussion: An oculopalpebral prosthesis was made in thermoactivated acrylic resin. A gap was created to accomodate an electrical system and also allow free motion of a thin silicone eyelid attached to the dispositive. This system can be connected to a sensor which captured the eyelid motion of a sound eye. Conclusion: A mechanical-electrical prototype was planned, designed and developed attached to an oculopalpebral prosthesis stablishing and synchronizing its eyelid movements with the sound eye.

A perda óssea progressiva ao redor da plataforma dos implantes dentários é um desafio a ser vencido na clínica, uma vez que, interfere na manutenção e controle dos tecidos peri-implantares e pode afetar a estética. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar a concentração de tensões ao redor de diferentes implantes dentários, variando a macrogeometria, conexão protética e profundidade da inserção da plataforma protética, sob carregamento axial ou oblíquo. Foram criados três modelos de resina fotoelástica para cada tipo de implante avaliado (hexágono externo, hexágono externo wedge, hexágono interno e cone Morse). Cada corpo de prova se diferenciou pelo posicionamento da plataforma do implante em relação à margem superior do bloco, em três posições diferentes: I - plataforma posicionada 2mm abaixo da margem do bloco; II - plataforma posicionada no mesmo nível da margem do bloco; III - plataforma posicionada 2mm acima da margem do bloco. Foi aplicada uma força de 100N através de um dispositivo instalado sobre pilares retos e angulados, simulando um carregamento axial e oblíquo respectivamente. Um total de 4 pontos foram avaliados de um lado do implante. Dados quantitativos foram coletados e utilizados para análise estatística. A regressão linear múltipla mostrou relação entre a distribuição das tensões com relação à profundidade de inserção independentemente do tipo de conexão protética ou do carregamento oclusal. O grupo I (2mm abaixo da margem) foi o que apresentou os menores valores (p<0.05) de tensão quando comparado com os outros grupos (II e III). De acordo com as limitações deste estudo pode-se concluir que a macrogeometria, profundidade de inserção da plataforma e tipo de carregamento oclusal influenciam no comportamento da distribuição das tensões ao redor dos implantes. Em relação à conexão protética, os resultados mostraram padrões de franjas semelhantes independentemente do tipo de conexão / The progressive bone loss at the neck of dental implant is a clinical concern since it affects the maintenance of dental esthetics. The stress concentration, the connection type and the microgap appear to be factors that cause alterations at the marginal bone level. The aim of this research was to evaluate the stress concentration around different dental implants, varying the macrogeometry, prosthetic connection and depth of the insertion of the prosthetic platform, under axial or oblique loading. Three blocks of photoelastic resin for each type of implant connection (external hexagon, external hexagon flattened, internal hexagon and Morse taper) were built. Each block differed in the position of the implant platform in relative to the upper margin of the block: I (2mm below), II (at the same level) and III (2mm above). A force of 100N was applied to both a straight and tilted abutments. A multiple linear regression showed the relation between the stress distribution and the insertion depth. For all the implant types, both with straight and tilted abutments, Group I presented the lowest stress concentration around the fixture when compared to group II and III (p<0,05). According to the limitations of this study it could be concluded that the macrogeometry, depth of insertion of the platform and type of occlusal loading influence the behavior of the distribution of stresses around the implants. Regarding the prosthetic connection, the results showed similar patterns of fringes regardless of the type of connection

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The law of bone remodeling, commonly referred to as Wolff's Law, asserts that the internal trabecular bone adapts to external loadings, reorienting with the principal stress trajectories to maximize mechanical efficiency, thereby creating a naturally optimum structure. The primary objective of the research was to utilize an advanced structural optimization algorithm, called design space optimization (DSO), to create a numerical framework to perform a micro-level three-dimensional finite element bone remodeling simulation on the human proximal femur and analyze the results to determine the validity of Wolff's hypothesis. DSO optimizes the layout of material by iteratively distributing it into the areas of highest loading, while simultaneously changing the design domain to increase computational efficiency. The result is a "fully stressed" structure with minimized compliance and increased stiffness. The large-scale computational simulation utilized a 175µm mesh resolution and the routine daily loading activities of walking and stair climbing. The resulting anisotropic human trabecular architecture was compared to both Wolff's trajectory hypothesis and natural femur data from the literature using a variety of visualization techniques, including radiography and computed tomography (CT). The remodeling predictions qualitatively revealed several anisotropic trabecular regions comparable to the natural human femurs. Quantitatively, the various regional bone volume fractions from the computational results were consistent with CT analyses. The strain energy proceeded to become more uniform during optimization; implying increased mechanical efficiency was achieved. The realistic simulated trabecular geometry suggests that the DSO method can accurately predict three-dimensional bone adaptation due to mechanical loading and that the proximal femur is an optimum structure as Wolff hypothesized. The secondary objective was to revise this computational framework to perform the first in-silico hip replacement considering micro-level bone remodeling. Two different commercially available hip prostheses were quantitatively analyzed using stress, strain energy, and bone mineral density as performance criteria and qualitatively visualized using the techniques above. Several important factors for stable fixation, determined from clinical evaluations, were evident: high levels of proximal bone loss, distal bone growth, and medial densification. The results suggest the DSO method can be utilized for comparative prosthetic implant stem design, uniquely considering post-operation bone remodeling as a design criterion. / Thesis (Master, Mechanical and Materials Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2010-08-16 15:30:55.144

Yes / Passive prosthetic devices are set up to provide optimal function at customary walking speed and thus may function less effectively at other speeds. This partly explains why joint kinetic adaptations become more apparent in lower-limb amputees when walking at speeds other than customary. The present study determined whether a trans-tibial prosthesis incorporating a dynamic-response foot that was attached to the shank via an articulating hydraulic device (hyA-F) lessened speed-related adaptations in joint kinetics compared to when the foot was attached via a rigid, non-articulating attachment (rigF). Eight active unilateral trans-tibial amputees completed walking trials at their customary walking speed, and at speeds they deemed to be slow-comfortable and fast-comfortable whilst using each type of foot attachment. Moments and powers at the distal end of the prosthetic shank and at the intact joints of both limbs were compared between attachment conditions. There was no change in the amount of intact-limb ankle work across speed or attachment conditions. As speed level increased there was an increase on both limbs in the amount of hip and knee joint work done, and increases on the prosthetic side were greater when using the hyA-F. However, because all walking speed levels were higher when using the hyA-F, the intact-limb ankle and combined joints work per meter travelled were significantly lower; particularly so at the customary speed level. This was the case despite the hyA-F dissipating more energy during stance. In addition, the amount of eccentric work done per meter travelled became increased at the residual knee when using the hyA-F, with increases again greatest at customary speed. Findings indicate that a trans-tibial prosthesis incorporating a dynamic-response foot reduced speed-related changes in compensatory intact-limb joint kinetics when the foot was attached via an articulating hydraulic device compared to rigid attachment. As differences between attachment conditions were greatest at customary speed, findings indicate a hydraulic ankle-foot device is most effectual at the speed it is set-up for.