“PRESERVING AND REIFORCING FOR THE BETTER”

EVALUATION OF PERICERVICAL DENTIN STRESS WITH DIFFERENT ACCESS DESIGNS AND TAPERS A FINITE ELEMENT STUDY

INTRODUCTION METHODOLOGY RESULTS

8 Finite
element
VM stress at Pericervical dentin region
PCD models

Badly decayed
Truss access teeth with loss of
cavity (TREC) marginal ridges

Pre-endo
TEC restoration

As the taper increased the stress increased in TREC and Pre-

Pre-endodontic Canal projection
restoration
Canal tapers
Aimed to evaluate and
compare the von Mises(VM)
stress in the PCD with
different access cavities and
canal tapers
Presented by :Dr Mythili R Menon
Under the guidance of: Dr Srirekha A
(HOD)
TREC 250 N MOD endodontic restoration group. Stress decreased as the taper
increased in TEC and MOD
DISCUSSION
 Minimizing the removal of PCD for improved prognosis.
 MOD with pre endodontic restoration for better fracture
SUBGROUP A SUBGROUP B
resistance.
Mesial: #25/4 Mesial: #25/6  Increasing taper increased radicular stress.
Distal: #30/6 Distal: #30/8
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