Mesh Management Methods in Finite Element Simulations of Orthodontic Tooth Movement

[en] In finite element simulations of orthodontic tooth movement, one of the challenges is to represent long term tooth movement. Large deformation of the periodontal ligament and large tooth displacment due to bone remodelling lead to large distortions of the finite element mesh when a Lagrangian formalism is used. We propose in this work to use an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) formalism to delay remeshing operations. A large tooth displacement is obtained including effect of remodelling without the need of remeshing steps but keeping a good-quality mesh. Very large deformations in soft tissues such as the periodontal ligament is obtained using a combination of the ALE formalism used continuously and a remeshing algorithm used when needed. This work demonstrates that the ALE formalism is a very efficient way to delay remeshing operations.

Disciplines :

Materials science & engineering

Author, co-author :

Mengoni, Marlène ; Université de Liège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique

Ponthot, Jean-Philippe ; Université de Liège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > LTAS-Mécanique numérique non linéaire

Boman, Romain ; Université de Liège > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique

Language :

English

Title :

Mesh Management Methods in Finite Element Simulations of Orthodontic Tooth Movement

Publication date :

February 2016

Journal title :

Medical Engineering and Physics

ISSN :

1350-4533

eISSN :

1873-4030

Publisher :

Butterworth Heinemann, London, United Kingdom

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Issue :

Pages :

140-147

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