Bioengineering Tools Applied to Dentistry: Validation Methods for In Vitro and In Silico Analysis

Author(s)

Melo de Matos, Jefferson David ; Queiroz, Daher Antonio ; Nomura Nakano, Leonardo Jiro ; Andrade, Valdir Cabral ; Ramos Ribeiro, Nathalia de Carvalho ; Souto Borges, Alexandre Luiz ; Bottino, Marco Antonio ; Scalzer Lopes, Guilherme da Rocha

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: DENTISTRY JOURNAL; v. 10, n. 8, p. 22-pg., 2022-08-01.

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the use of bioengineering tools, finite element analysis, strain gauge analysis, photoelastic analysis, and digital image correlation, in computational studies with greater validity and reproducibility. A bibliographic search was performed in the main health databases PUBMED and Scholar Google, in which different studies, among them, laboratory studies, case reports, systematic reviews, and literature reviews, which were developed in living individuals, were included. Therefore, articles that did not deal with the use of finite element analysis, strain gauge analysis, photoelastic analysis, and digital image correlation were excluded, as well as their use in computational studies with greater validity and reproducibility. According to the methodological analysis, it is observed that the average publication of articles in the Pubmed database was 2.03 and with a standard deviation of 1.89. While in Google Scholar, the average was 0.78 and the standard deviation was 0.90. Thus, it is possible to verify that there was a significant variation in the number of articles in the two databases. Modern dentistry finds in finite element analysis, strain gauge, photoelastic and digital image correlation a way to analyze the biomechanical behavior in dental materials to obtain results that assist to obtain rehabilitations with favorable prognosis and patient satisfaction. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 21/11499-2 - Biomechanical behavior and fatigue survival of two: piece titanium and zirconia implants supporting zirconia single crowns
• Grantee: Jefferson David Melo de Matos
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 19/24903-6 - Comparative analysis between titanium implants and polycrystalline ceramics in survival on fatigue and biomechanical behavior
• Grantee: Jefferson David Melo de Matos
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate