구강보호장치의 재료적인 특성이 하악골 충격 시악골 및 두부에 미치는 영향에 관한 유한요소분석

Statement of problem & Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a mouth guard material properties on the skull and brain when they were under impact loads on mandible. Material and methods: Two customized mouth protectors having different material propeerst ieach other were made for a female Korean who had no history of brain trauma, no cerebral diseases, nomal occlusion and natural dentition. The 3D finite element model of human skull and brain scanned by means of computed tomography was constructed. The FEM model of head was composed of 407,825 elements and 82,138 nodes, including skull, brain, maxilla, mandible, articular disc, teeth and mouth guard. The stress concentrations on maxillary teeth, maxilla and skull with two mouth guards were evaluated under oblique impact load of 800N onto mandibular 3 loading points for 0.1sec. And the brain relative displacement was compared in two different mouth guard materials under same condition. Result and Conclusion: The results were as follows; 1. In comparison of von Mises stress on maxillary teeth, a soft mouth guard material had significantly lower stress values on measuring point than a hard mouth protector materials (P < .05). 2. In comparison of von Mises stress on maxilla and skull, A soft mouth protector material had significantly lower stress values on measuring point than a hard mouth protector materials (P < .05). 3. For impact loads on mandible, there were more stress concentrated area on maxilla and skull with hard mouth guard than soft with mouth protector. 4. For impact loads on mandible, brain relative displacement had little relation with mouth guard material properties. In results of this study, soft mouth guard materials were superior to hard mouth guard materials for mandible impact loads for prevention of sports injuries. Although the results of this study were not enough to figure out the roles of needed mouth guard material properties for a human head, we got some knowledge of the pattern about stress concentration and distribution on maxilla and skull for impact loads with soft or hard mouth protector. More studies are needed to substantiate the relationship between the mouth guard materials and sports injuries. 연구목적: 본 연구의 목적은 하악골 충격 시 구강보호장치의 재료적 성질에 따른 악골과 두부에 미치는 영향을 조사하는 것이다. 연구재료 및 방법: 경질과 연질의 서로 다른 성질을 가지는 구강보호장치를 두부외상이나 뇌질환 병력이 없고 정상교합과 자연치열을 가진 한국 성인 여성에게 제작하고, CT를 이용하여 악골과 두부의 3차원 유한요소모델을 제작하였다. 이 유한요소모델은 두개골, 뇌, 상악골, 하악골, 관절원판, 치아와 구강보호장치를 포함하며 407,82