Finite Element Modeling : In Prosthodontics

The principle goal of prosthetic dentistry is to maintain and improve the quality of life of the dental patients. In recent years this profession has witnessed the introduction and subsequent withdrawal from the market of numerous unsatisfactory prosthodontic products and techniques. The failure of prosthodontic products and techniques is mainly because of unique conditions of oral environment. These failures make the researches to investigate relationship between laboratory research and clinical performance of the techniques and materials. So all the laboratory or in-vitro studies should be made keeping the oral environment in mind.The finite elements is a modern technique of numerical stress analysis, has the great advantage of being applicable to solids of irregular geometry and heterogeneous material properties. It is therefore ideally suited to the examination of structural behavior of the oral cavity. This text book has been written about the finite element analysis with main emphasis on various studies in Prosthodontics using finite element analysis.My aim is to My aim is to increase the knowledge of undergraduate students in dentistry and post graduates in Prosthodontic