NON CONVENTIONAL METHODS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF MANDIBLE BONE QUALITY

Malvina Orkoula, Sofia Panteliou, Christos Kontoyannis, Konstantinos Lianos

2011

Abstract

The contemporary methods for the assessment of the quality of human mandible, in order to facilitate the decision making for dental implants, include bone density measurements through dual-energy X-Ray absorptiometry (DEXA) or its variations. The estimation of mandible quality with these methods is related to subjectivity, comparability and reliability problems, which result in restricted capability of secure assessment of bone quality. Monitoring of loss of structural integrity is applied in this work through modal analysis and Raman Spectroscopy, in order to obtain objective assessment of mandible bone quality. Specifically, modal damping factor (MDF), bone mineral density (BMD) and Raman measurements are performed on human cadaveric mandibles. From the data acquired clearly arises a very promising correlation between MDF, BMD and RAMAN, reinforcing the belief from our previous research findings that the MDF method can lead to a mandible quality assessment tool, thus encouraging further research investigation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Orkoula M., Panteliou S., Kontoyannis C. and Lianos K. (2011). NON CONVENTIONAL METHODS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF MANDIBLE BONE QUALITY . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-37-9, pages 353-358. DOI: 10.5220/0003157103530358

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices11,
author={Malvina Orkoula and Sofia Panteliou and Christos Kontoyannis and Konstantinos Lianos},
title={NON CONVENTIONAL METHODS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF MANDIBLE BONE QUALITY},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={353-358},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003157103530358},
isbn={978-989-8425-37-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2011)
TI - NON CONVENTIONAL METHODS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF MANDIBLE BONE QUALITY
SN - 978-989-8425-37-9
AU - Orkoula M.
AU - Panteliou S.
AU - Kontoyannis C.
AU - Lianos K.
PY - 2011
SP - 353
EP - 358
DO - 10.5220/0003157103530358