1994 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Development of High Efficient Magnetic Attachments for Various Dental Prostheses
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05680760
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Biomedical engineering/Biological material science
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokushima |
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Principal Investigator |
KINOUCHI Yohsuke The University of Tokushima, Faculty of Engineering professor, 工学部, 教授 (80035807)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1993 – 1994
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| Keywords | Magnet / Magnetic attachment / magnetic force / Magnetic field analysis / Dental prosthesis / Denture |
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| Research Abstract |
I have developed, in cooperation with dentists, magnetic attachments which are used for retaining dental prostheses such as overdentures. Some of them have been put to practical use and used clinically in dental offices. However, there arise many demands clinically for developing more versatile magnetic attachments usable for each patient flexibly. The objective of this study is to develope various kinds of magnetic attachements convenient for clinical use and investigate their usage. The results obtained during two fiscal years (1993 and 1994) are as follows.
1.Development of magnetic field analysis softwares which are used for analizing magnetic retention of attachments.
2.Analysis of magnetic attachments on shaping and cutting in their clinical use.
3.Analysis of retention characteristics of attchments for long term clinical use.
4.Development of a very thin type of magnetic attachments which is useful for retention of overdentures with thin dental base.
5.Development of new attachments with strong restoring retention usable for patients whose oral state changes for long terms.
6.The attachment described above have been constructed and put in practical use.
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