Magister Scientiae Dentium - MSc(Dent) / The treatment objectives in the restoration of an endodontically treated tooth are maximum retention of post and core and to create a design in which the tooth is preserved when the restoration fails. The ferrule effect in root treated teeth requiring cast post and core has been studied extensively and has been shown to greatly improve fracture resistance (Gluskin et al 1995, Libman & Nicholls, 1995. Hemmings et al, 1991. Barkhordar et al, 1989. Rosen & Partida-Rivera, 1986). Studies have also shown that in the case of cast post and core, the longer the ferrule, the greater the fracture resistance (Libman and Nicholls, 1995). The use of the new bonding agents, composite resin cements and core materials, have led to a more conservative approach to post and core restorations. However few studies have considered the effect of different ferrule designs on prefabricated post and composite core systems (Volwiler et al 1989, Al Hazaimeh and Gutteridge 2001). There is little information as to whether the ferrule is of additional value in providing reinforcement in these restorations. This study investigated the effects of different ferrule designs on the fracture resistance of teeth incorporating prefabricated posts and composite cores. In addition teeth restored with a composite core but with no prefabricated post were included in the study to assess the necessity of a post in the restoration of endodonticallytreated teeth. Sixty extracted maxillary incisors (centrals and laterals) and carunes were randomly assigned into three groups and restored. Two groups had a prefabricated post and composite core with varying ferrule designs. A third group had a core with composite packed into the root canal but no post. All teeth were restored with cast crowns to simulate the clinical situation. A Zwick universal testing machine was used to apply compressive loads progressively on the restored teeth until failure occurred as a result of either root, tooth or post fracture. Failure loads, modes of fracture, post and core systems and tooth preparation were recorded and statistically analysed. The results showed no significant difference in the amount of force needed to break the teeth in the different groups irrespective of whether the teeth had a ferrule or not. They also showed no significant difference in the amount of force needed to break the teeth in the different groups irrespective of whether the teeth had a post or not.

Optical communication dominates the wire-communication since the requirement of the high speed data transfer in the Internet. Fiber Solder Ferrule (FSF) plays an important role in transceiver modules of the optical communication. For the reason to keep the coupling efficiency between the laser diode and fiber after time using and a various temperature operation, fiber has to be carefully fixed in the metal ferrule. The fixing of the fiber now is finished to let the melting solder flow into a 400£gm diameter ferrule by the capillary action manually. The stability and accuracy of this method can not match the required performance. And the human operation makes this process more unstable to cut down the yield below 30% even by an experienced operator. So, this study analyzes the FSF process and proposes an active strategy to replace the original passive method by capillary action. An active soldering mechanism is implemented to precisely and stable filling the solder into the ferrule. The yield can be significantly raised from 25% to 75%.

A presença de projeção dentinária acima da linha de término no preparo de dentes tratados endodônticamente para receber núcleos metálicos fundidos é bem fundamentada na literatura, influenciando positivamente na resistência da raiz. Entretanto, devido à destruição dental, nem sempre é possível atingir uma forma de projeção homogênea, contribuindo para deficiências no preparo que podem influenciar na resistência mecânica à fratura. Um incisivo central superior direito foi scaneado com tomografia computadorizada e reconstruído com software específico em um modelo virtual. Este modelo foi editado com diferentes projeções dentinárias, 2 mm acima da linha de término envolvendo projeções: ausente, total, vestibular, palatina e proximal e submetidas à simulação de uma carga mastigatória, no software Ansys Workbench v11, para avaliar a distribuição de tensões geradas no mesmo. As simulações demonstram que os melhores resultados foram obtidas com a projeção total, a projeção palatina obteve resultados muito próximos à total. O pior resultado foi da projeção ausente obtendo resultados muito próximos á projeção vestibular. Os autores nesta pesquisa concluíram que uma projeção dentinária entre o núcleo e a força aplicada é um importante fator para beneficiar a biomecânica do remanescente dental, e que a projeção total fornece o melhor prognóstico nesta situação comparando às diferentes condições. / The presence of dentin projection above the finish line in the preparation of endodonticaly treated tooth to receive post and core is well established in literature, it influences positively in the resistance of the root. However, due to dental destruction, it\'s not always possible to achieve a homogenous projection design, contributing for deficiencies in the preparation that can influence in the mechanical resistance to breaking. A maxillary right central incisor was scanned with computer tomography and reconstructed with specific software into a virtual model. This model was edited with different dentin projections, 2 mm above the preparation line involving absent, total, bucal, palatal and proximal projections and later submitted to simulation of chewing load, in software ANSYS v11, to get the distribution of tensions generated in the same. The simulations show that the best results are when the dentin projection is total, followed closely by the palatal projection. The worse result belongs to the absent projection group followed closely by bucal group. The authors in this research concludes that a dentin projection between the core and the applied force is an important factor to benefit the biomechanical of the remaining anterior teeth, and the whole projection gives the best prognostic comparing the different situations.

A presença de projeção dentinária acima da linha de término no preparo de dentes tratados endodônticamente para receber núcleos metálicos fundidos é bem fundamentada na literatura, influenciando positivamente na resistência da raiz. Entretanto, devido à destruição dental, nem sempre é possível atingir uma forma de projeção homogênea, contribuindo para deficiências no preparo que podem influenciar na resistência mecânica à fratura. Um incisivo central superior direito foi scaneado com tomografia computadorizada e reconstruído com software específico em um modelo virtual. Este modelo foi editado com diferentes projeções dentinárias, 2 mm acima da linha de término envolvendo projeções: ausente, total, vestibular, palatina e proximal e submetidas à simulação de uma carga mastigatória, no software Ansys Workbench v11, para avaliar a distribuição de tensões geradas no mesmo. As simulações demonstram que os melhores resultados foram obtidas com a projeção total, a projeção palatina obteve resultados muito próximos à total. O pior resultado foi da projeção ausente obtendo resultados muito próximos á projeção vestibular. Os autores nesta pesquisa concluíram que uma projeção dentinária entre o núcleo e a força aplicada é um importante fator para beneficiar a biomecânica do remanescente dental, e que a projeção total fornece o melhor prognóstico nesta situação comparando às diferentes condições. / The presence of dentin projection above the finish line in the preparation of endodonticaly treated tooth to receive post and core is well established in literature, it influences positively in the resistance of the root. However, due to dental destruction, it\'s not always possible to achieve a homogenous projection design, contributing for deficiencies in the preparation that can influence in the mechanical resistance to breaking. A maxillary right central incisor was scanned with computer tomography and reconstructed with specific software into a virtual model. This model was edited with different dentin projections, 2 mm above the preparation line involving absent, total, bucal, palatal and proximal projections and later submitted to simulation of chewing load, in software ANSYS v11, to get the distribution of tensions generated in the same. The simulations show that the best results are when the dentin projection is total, followed closely by the palatal projection. The worse result belongs to the absent projection group followed closely by bucal group. The authors in this research concludes that a dentin projection between the core and the applied force is an important factor to benefit the biomechanical of the remaining anterior teeth, and the whole projection gives the best prognostic comparing the different situations.

The effect of residual stress on the post-weld-shift (PWS) of a fiber-solder-ferrule (FSF) under a cyclic thermal load is investigated in this thesis. By using the finite element software MENTAT and MARC, the stress distribution in this model of coupled thermal-elastoplasticity is adopted to solve. The temperature dependent material properties are employed to calculate the residual stresses and the thermal stresses of the solder in the solidification process. The PWS of a fiber and the stress distribution of a solder under different temperature cycles are also investigated in this study. The PWS calculated with and without considering residual stresses are compared with the measured data in this study. Results indicated that the effects of residual stresses introduced in the solder solidification can not be ignored. The temperature dependent material properties, i.e., the melting temperature , Young¡¦s Modulus, coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and yield strength at high temperature may affect the residual stress distribution and the PWS of the FSF significantly.

With ever-increasing demands for high-speed data transmission and device capacity to handle various telecommunication data links, the high reliability of these transmission devices is expected for uninterrupted service. A typical optical communication system consists of transmitters in which laser diodes convert electrical signals into light signals, optical fibers with a few pumps transmitting and maintaining these light signals over long distances, and receivers in which photodiodes convert the light signals back into an electronic form. The efficiency of optoelectronic devices in a communication system, which include transmitters and receivers, plays the most important role in determining the quality and the bandwidth of a communication system. For transmitters, the efficiency is defined as the ratio of the light entering the optical fiber to the light generated by the laser diode. Therefore, the optical fiber should be aligned as precisely as possible with the laser diode to ensure the high efficiency. For high performance optoelectronic devices, box-type packages including the dual-in-line package (DIP) and butterfly package with fiber-solder-ferrule (FSF) are widely used. An optical fiber with a metallized end is soldered inside a ferrule tube to form the FSF. The FSF is joined on a u-channel mount in front of laser diode by laser welding. No matter where the fiber locates in the ferrule tube, the place for maximum coupling power can be dynamically measured and then the FSF is fixed. But, researches have shown that the redistribution of residual stress and the stress relaxation of creep phenomenon within the solder will push the fiber shift to the geometrical center of the ferrule and the shift reduces the coupling efficiency of laser module after temperature cycle testing. The efficiency is worse when the initial fiber eccentric offset increased. An optimum approach for reduction of the fiber alignment shift in laser module is to solder the fiber near to the center of the ferrule. A method for automating the FSF packaging process has been developed to fix the fiber within less than 20um of the center of the ferrule. This method makes use of CCD cameras as position sensors to locate the fiber, and compensates all the major sources of inaccuracy resulting from a typical CCD-based packaging system. The accuracy of the fiber position is highly improved from 80um by traditional packaging process to 20um shown in the experiments. Further work is underway to better the accuracy by compensating the minor sources of inaccuracy.

O objetivo foi avaliar a influência de variações no formato da férula dada por núcleo estojado sobre as tensões desenvolvidas na raiz em um modelo tridimensional de um segundo pré-molar superior submetido a quatro condições de carregamentos: cunha, alavanca vestibular, alavanca proximal e torção. Seis modelos foram confeccionados a partir das dimensões médias obtidas na literatura. Um deles representou o dente hígido, e outros cinco dentes restaurados com coroa e retentor intra-radicular fundido: um simulou núcleo simples, sem férula (E2A0), e em quatro modelos variou-se o tamanho do espelho (E) em 1/3 da espessura da parede radicular (E1) ou 2/3 (E2) e a altura (A) da férula foi equivalente a E1 (A1) ou a E2 (A2); ou seja: os modelos E1A1 e E2A2 tiveram 45º de inclinação do bisel da férula. Todas as estruturas foram consideradas homogêneas, isotrópicas e lineares elásticas. Os resultados permitem afirmar que a férula não parece necessária para melhorar a distribuição de tensões e que, exceto para o caso de carregamento longitudinal (que demonstrou ser o menos danoso), o cimento ficou submetido a tensões que justificam sua fratura e a dentina apresentou tensões de tração compatíveis com fraturas longitudinais (com início na crista óssea), especialmente para a alavanca vestibular. / The aim was to evaluate the influence of variations in the radicular ferrule format given by the casing core on stress developed in the root in a three-dimensional model of one upper second premolar submitted to four load conditions: wedge, vestibular lever, proximal lever and torsion. Six models were built according the average dimensions obtained from the literature. One of them represented the sound tooth, and other five restored teeth with cast radicular retainer and crown: one simulated simple core, without ferrule (E2A0), and in four models the mirror (E) size was varied in 1/3 of the radicular wall thickness (E1) or 2/3 (E2) and the ferrule height (A) was equivalent to E1 (A1) or E2 (A2); or be: E1A1 and E2A2 had 45º inclination of the ferrule bisel. All the structures were considered homogeneous, isotropic and linear elastic behavior. The results allow to affirm that the ferrule doesn\'t seem necessary to improve the stress distribution and that, except for the longitudinal load case (that demonstrated to be the least harmful), the cement was submitted to stress that justify his fracture and the dentine presented compatible tensile stress with longitudinal fractures (with beginning in the bone crest), especially for the vestibular lever.

O objetivo foi avaliar a influência de variações no formato da férula dada por núcleo estojado sobre as tensões desenvolvidas na raiz em um modelo tridimensional de um segundo pré-molar superior submetido a quatro condições de carregamentos: cunha, alavanca vestibular, alavanca proximal e torção. Seis modelos foram confeccionados a partir das dimensões médias obtidas na literatura. Um deles representou o dente hígido, e outros cinco dentes restaurados com coroa e retentor intra-radicular fundido: um simulou núcleo simples, sem férula (E2A0), e em quatro modelos variou-se o tamanho do espelho (E) em 1/3 da espessura da parede radicular (E1) ou 2/3 (E2) e a altura (A) da férula foi equivalente a E1 (A1) ou a E2 (A2); ou seja: os modelos E1A1 e E2A2 tiveram 45º de inclinação do bisel da férula. Todas as estruturas foram consideradas homogêneas, isotrópicas e lineares elásticas. Os resultados permitem afirmar que a férula não parece necessária para melhorar a distribuição de tensões e que, exceto para o caso de carregamento longitudinal (que demonstrou ser o menos danoso), o cimento ficou submetido a tensões que justificam sua fratura e a dentina apresentou tensões de tração compatíveis com fraturas longitudinais (com início na crista óssea), especialmente para a alavanca vestibular. / The aim was to evaluate the influence of variations in the radicular ferrule format given by the casing core on stress developed in the root in a three-dimensional model of one upper second premolar submitted to four load conditions: wedge, vestibular lever, proximal lever and torsion. Six models were built according the average dimensions obtained from the literature. One of them represented the sound tooth, and other five restored teeth with cast radicular retainer and crown: one simulated simple core, without ferrule (E2A0), and in four models the mirror (E) size was varied in 1/3 of the radicular wall thickness (E1) or 2/3 (E2) and the ferrule height (A) was equivalent to E1 (A1) or E2 (A2); or be: E1A1 and E2A2 had 45º inclination of the ferrule bisel. All the structures were considered homogeneous, isotropic and linear elastic behavior. The results allow to affirm that the ferrule doesn\'t seem necessary to improve the stress distribution and that, except for the longitudinal load case (that demonstrated to be the least harmful), the cement was submitted to stress that justify his fracture and the dentine presented compatible tensile stress with longitudinal fractures (with beginning in the bone crest), especially for the vestibular lever.

Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais / The presence of bone loss is related to changes in the biomechanical behavior of endodontically treated teeth. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of alveolar bone loss, ferrule presence and post type on the biomechanical behavior of endodontically treated maxillary canines restored with all-ceramic crowns. For the experimental analysis, forty upper human canines were selected and divided into 8 experimental groups according 3 treatment variations: bone support, without or with 5.0 mm of bone loss; ferrule presence, with or without 2.0mm of ferrule; and post type, restored with cast post and cores or glass fiber post. The restored canines were loaded at a 15- degree angle, and the deformation was measured using strain gauges placed on the buccal and proximal root surfaces. Strain results were analyzed by 3- way-ANOVA and Tukey HSD tests (α=.05). For the finite element analysis, eight 3-D models were created, following the same variations of the experimental analysis. The models were analyzed using the maximum principal stress criteria for stress distribution analysis. The presence of ferrule decreased significantly the buccal and proximal strain. The type of post showed slightly influence on the stress distribution. The presence of bone loss increased significantly the stress concentration and strain values in both regions mainly on root dentin and surrounding cortical bone. Can be possible to conclude that the presence of a ferrule improved the mechanical behavior, irrespective of the type of post. The 5.0mm of bone loss increased significantly the stress concentration and the strain on the root dentin. / A perda de inserção óssea está relacionada a mudanças no comportamento biomecânico de dentes tratados endodonticamente. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito da perda óssea alveolar, da presença de remanescente coronário e do tipo de retentor intra-radicular no comportamento biomecânico de caninos tratados endodonticamente e restaurados com cora em cerâmica pura. Para a análise experimental, quarenta caninos superiores foram selecionados e divididos em 8 grupos experimentais (n=10), de acordo com três fatores em estudo: suporte ósseo, ausência e presença de 5.0mm de perda óssea; remanescente coronário, ausência e presença de 2.0mm de remanescente coronário; e tipo de retentor, núcleo moldado e fundido e pino de fibra de vidro. Os caninos foram restaurados com cora em cerâmica pura reforçada por disilicato de lítio. As amostras foram submetidas ao carregamento de compressão a 15º em relação ao longo eixo do dente, e a deformação mensurada por extensômetros fixados nas superfícies radiculares vestibular e proximal. Os valores de deformação foram submetidos a Análise de variância fatorial 2X2X2 seguido pelo teste Tukey HSD (α=0,05). Para a análise de elementos finitos, oito modelos foram criados, simulando as mesmas variáveis da análise experimental. Todas as estruturas foram consideradas homogêneas e isotrópicas, a exceção do pino de fibra de vidro, considerado ortotrópico. Foi utilizado o critério de máxima tensão principal para análise de distribuição de tensões. A presença do remanescente coronário diminuiu significativamente a deformação vestibular e proximal. O tipo de pino mostrou pequena influência na distribuição de tensões. A presença da perda óssea aumentou significativamente a concentração de tensões, principalmente na dentina radicular e no osso cortical, e os valores de deformação em ambas as regiões mensuradas. Pode-se concluir que a presença de remanescente coronário dentinário melhorou o comportamento biomecânico, independente do tipo de pino. A presença da perda óssea alveolar de 5.0mm aumentou significativamente os valores de deformação e a concentração de tensões na dentina radicular. / Mestre em Odontologia

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The purpose of this study was to evaluate the fracture resistance of three post and core systems in endodontically treated teeth by loading to failure, and to measure marginal gaps before and after cyclic loading. Sixty extracted canines were assigned to three groups. The groups tested were: 1) Single cast post and core (Group CP). 2) Prefabricated metal post and composite resin core (Group MR). 3) Glass fiber post and composite resin core (Group FR). All teeth were obturated and prepared to receive a post and core with a coping. Thirty teeth (10 from each group) were loaded to failure, and the other 30 teeth were fatigue-loaded. The marginal gaps on the facial and lingual surface of the fatigue-loaded group were measured before and after cyclic loading. There were two hypotheses for this study. The first was that the FR group would have less marginal gap opening on the lingual surface than the other groups. The second was that the CP group would have a higher load at failure than the other groups. Group CP was found to have a significantly smaller pre-loading marginal gap than group FR (p = 0.0265) and group MR (p = 0.0273), while groups FR and MR did not have a significantly different pre-loading marginal gaps (p = 0.86). Group FR had significantly less change in marginal gap than group MR (p = 0.0013). Groups CP and MR did not have significantly different changes in marginal gap (p = 0.09). Groups CP and FR did not have significantly different changes in marginal gap (p = 0.11). The three post types did not have significantly different maximum loads to failure (p= 0.49), moments of inertia at cervical area (p = 0.75), or moments of inertia at fracture site (p=0.12). There was no significant difference between groups CP, FR, and MR in the load-to-failure test. Group CP demonstrated the highest load-to-failure values; however, the highest load-to-failure mean was for group MR. All fractures observed in this study were catastrophic. Group FR demonstrated better stress distribution and caused no early fractures in the fatigue-loading group. All groups demonstrated significant marginal gap changes on the lingual surface after fatigue loading; however, group FR demonstrated <45 μm marginal gap opening. In group FR, the reduced marginal gap opening was attributed to the use of Panavia 21 with the proper surface treatments to bond to the tooth structure, the resin composite, and the metal coping.