Implementation of a multivibrational medical device to assist the removal of teeth and roots

Author

Setas, Sara ; Seabra, Eurico ; Silva, Luis F. ; Puga, Helder ; Pombo, Catia ; Mendes, Joaquim Gabriel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal

fYear

2015

fDate

26-28 Feb. 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The standard practice of dental extraction is performed using rigid instruments in a process involving high mechanical strength and a post-operative painful for patients. This work presents the stages of design and development of an instrument capable of acting in the most critical phase of the process, with induction of vibration at high frequencies, and it is expected to decrease the required the extraction force to perform as well as damages caused by the present procedure.

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical equipment; dentistry; medical control systems; piezoelectric actuators; surgery; vibrations; dental extraction; extraction force; instrument design; instrument development; mechanical strength; multivibrational medical device; post-operative painful; rigid instruments; root removal; teeth removal; Dentistry; Elevators; Force; Instruments; Standards; Teeth; Vibrations; Tooth extraction; dental elevator; piezoelectric actuators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering (ENBENG), 2015 IEEE 4th Portuguese Meeting on

Conference_Location

Porto

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ENBENG.2015.7088841

Filename

7088841