• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.338-349
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• 2000

Neck muscle forces and spinal loads at the C4/5 level were estimated that result from isometric voluntary ramp efforts gradually developing to maximums in flexion, extension, left lateral bending and right lateral bending. Electromyographic (EMG) activities, a three-dimensional anatomic data of the neck and a hybrid model, EMG-assisted optimization (EMGAO) model, were used. The model computed the cervical loads at 25%,50%,75%, and 100% of peak moments. The highest model-predicted C4/5 joint compressive forces occurred during flexion; $361\;({\pm}164)\;N,\;811\;({\pm}288)\;N,\;1207\;({\pm}491)\;N\;and\;1674\;({\pm}319)\;N$ in 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of peak moment respectively. Variations in load distribution among the agonistic muscles and co-contractions of antagonistic muscles were estimated during ramp efforts. Results suggest that higher C4/5 joint loads than previously reported are possible during isometric, voluntary muscle contractions. These higher physiological loads at C4/5 level must be considered possible during orthopedic reconstruction at this level.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.297-307
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• 2010

Noncarious cervical lesions(NCCLs) are characterized as structural defects found on the tooth surface of the cement-enamel junction. Loss of tooth structure through noncarious mechanisms may vary in etiology and clinical presentation for each individual but presently many clinician now classify this as tooth failure of abfraction due to the stress applied in the cervical area of the tooth under oral physiological and pathological loads. In the current study, we investigated the stress distribution of maxillary premolar with NCCL using simulated 3D finite element analysis. The results were as follows: 1. In the sound maxillary premolar, the stresses were highly concentrated at cervical enamel surface of the mesiobuccal line angle, asymmetrically. 2. Once the lesion has been formed, the highest stress concentration was observed around the apex of the wedge shaped lesion. 3. In four types of NCCL, the patterns of stress distribution were similar and the peak stress was observed at mesial corner and also stresses concentrated at lesion apex. 4. Lesion cavity modification of rounding apex, reduced stress of lesion apex. 5. When restoring the notch-shaped lesion, material with high elastic modulus worked well at the lesion apex and material with low elastic modulus worked well at the cervical cavosurface margin.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.2643-2646
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• 2012

Objectives: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the major etiological agent of cervical cancer, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in women worldwide. Screening strategies for reducing the burden of HPV-mediated carcinogenesis are emerging as an effective means for cervical cancer control and prevention in developing countries. Our study, therefore, aimed to identify HPV infection status in North Indian women during random population screening. Methodology: Cervical/vaginal exfoliated cells and/or Pap smear specimens were collected from 890 women of North Indian ethnicity residing in Lucknow and adjoining areas, during random population screening from June 2009-March 2012. HPV viral loads in clinical specimens were determined by the Hybrid Capture (hc)-2 HPV DNA assay, and subsequently, positive/negative/borderline HPV status was calculated. Results: The HPV incidence in the present study was 11.7%. 751 out of a total of 890 women (84.4%) participating in our HPV screening program were HPV negative (HPV -), 104 (11.7%) tested positive (HPV +) while 35 (3.9%) showed borderline (HPV $^*$) infection status. Furthermore, in the HPV + subjects (N=104), 18 (17.3%) showed strong positivity. We observed that HPV positivity tends to increase with age in North Indian women; the higher the viral load with increasing age, higher is the susceptibility to HPV-mediated cervical cancer. Conclusions: HPV viral load/genotyping may help in identifying women at risk of developing cervical cancer. However, cost-effective HPV screening protocols with a wider population coverage are warranted so as to reduce the burden of cervical cancer in women worldwide in the vaccine-era.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.95-104
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• 2005

Statement of problem. Higher stresses at the cervical bone around dental implants have been seen as a primary cause of the bone resorption at the site. Purpose : To determine the possibility of stress reduction by assembly of different abutment and implant in diameters. Material and methods. Abutments of several different diameters assembled on the top of XiVE$^{(R)}$ implants were axisymmetrically modeled for a series of finite element analyses. Abutments of 3.4, 3.8, 4.5, and 5.5 mm diameters were assumed to be sit on implants of the same or bigger diameters. All the abutments with an exception of 3.4mm dia, are technically possible to be assembled on bigger implants. Main consideration was given to the stresses at the cervical cortical bone induced by loads of parallel to the implant axis. Results and conclusions. 1. Higher stresses were observed at the cervical area of all the models of the same diameters of abutment and future. The peak stresses, which were shown to be a function of the fixture diameter, were from 1-1.85MPa. 2. Difference in the diameters of the abutments and the implants actually reduced the cervical bone stresses. 3. Downsizing of the abutment by one step resulted in 0.1MPa (5%) reduction of the stresses. In light of the relatively lower bone stress, however, this amount of stress reduction was decided to be biomechanically insignificant.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제37권10호
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• pp.953-959
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 가상 생체외 사체실험을 수행할 수 있는 경추 다관절 동역학 모델을 개발하였다. 평균크기 한국인 의료영상과 관절 및 연부조직의 물성 정보를 기반으로 하여 경추 동역학 모델을 개발하였다. 개발된 모델의 검증을 위하여 경추 단분절 및 다분절 모멘트-각도 관계, 인대 하중 및 후관절 접촉력 등을 문헌의 사체실험 결과와 비교한 결과 매우 유사한 경향을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 개발된 경추 동역학 모델은 앞으로 경추 사체실험 연구 뿐만 아니라 자동차 충돌시 경추 상해 분석 등의 다양한 경추 생체역학 연구 연구에 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.112-119
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• 2007

Cavities of Class V are caused by heavy occlusal loads due to bruxism and clenching habit. It is general to restore abfraction lesions with dental filler materials to reduce stress concentration. A material should be selected from various dental products based on long term clinical experiences or personal preference concerning filler methods. A quantitative criterion is necessary to make an evaluation of the results as dentists decide treatment methods and dental materials relying on their clinical experiences. The purpose of this study is to find an optimal restoration method and material for noncarious cervical lesions using the finite element method. An objective function was defined to minimize the sum of tensile and compressive stresses. Several models with different combinations of resins were suggested and compared in terms of the values of objective function. An optimal solution was to fill TetricFlow inside the lesion and Z100 in the remaining region with a thickness ratio of 0.125.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.479-489
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• 2008

목적: 상악 구치부에서 자연치와 임플란트 보철시, 보철치관/고정체 비율에 따른 응력분포 양상을 비교하고자 했다. 재료 및 방법: 자연치 모델의 경우는 획득한 3차원 인체모델을 상악 좌측 제2소구치 및 제 1대구치가 포함된 상악골을 Box 형태의 3차원 유한요소모델로 변환하였고, 임플란트 모델은 3차원 인체모델에서 치아 부분을 제거하고 동일 부위에 임플란트 모델을 연결하는 과정을 거쳐서 임플란트가 삽입된 유한요소모델을 구성하였다. 치관/고정체 비율을 0.7:1, 1:1, 1.25:1이 되도록 골수준 (bone level)을 조정하였으며 각 모델의 치관 부위에 300 N의 수직 하중과 수평하중을 각각 가했다. 결과: 1. 모든 하중 조건하에서 자연치와 임플란트 모두에서 피질골과 인접하는 경부에 응력이 집중되는 양상을 보였다. 2. 치관/치근 (고정체) 비가 증가함에 따라 자연치와 임플란트 모두에서 교합면에 수직적 하중을 가한 경우에는 응력의 변화가 뚜렷하지 않았으나, 수평적 하중을 가한 경우에서는 응력이 증가하는 양상을 보였다. 3. 자연치의 경우에 치관/치근비가 증가함에 따라 splinting이 응력감소 효과를 보였고, 임플란트의 경우에는, 치관/고정체 비가 증가함에 따라 splinting이 수직 하중조건에 응력감소효과를 보였으나, 중심에서 벗어난 하중조건에는 최대응력이 오히려 증가하는 양상을 보였다. 4. 임플란트의 경우, 치관/고정체 비가 증가함에 따라 splinting이 수평하중조건 4에서 뚜렷한 응력감소 효과를 보이나, 수평 하중조건 5에서는 응력감소 효과가 감소되고, 특히 치관/고정체 비가 1.25:1인 경우에서는 오히려 응력의 증가를 보였다. 결론: 임플란트 보철물은 치관/고정체 비가 커질수록 더 큰 응력을 받게 되고, splinting의 효과도 감소하게 된다. 또한 교합하중이 임플란트의 장축을 벗어나거나 중심에서 벗어난 경우 응력이 커지는 것으로 사료된다.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.427-436
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• 2006

본 연구의 목적은 3차원유한요소분석법을 이용하여 정상 상악 제2소구치의 협측부의 응력분포에 다양한 교합응력이 미치는 영향을 평가하고자 하였다. 상악 제2소구치의 3차원유한요소모델을 형성한 후 형성된 모델에 3종류의 정적인 500N 점하중의 응력조건을 부여하였다. ANSYS 프로그램 (Swanson Analysis Systems, Inc., Houston, USA)으로 최대주응력과 최소주응력을 4개의 수평면 상(CEJ 상방 1 mm, CEJ 상방 0.5 mm, CEJ, CEJ 하방 0.5 mm)에서 분석하여 다음 결과를 얻었다. 1. peak stress가 협측 백악법랑경계를 따라 비대칭적인 모습으로 나타났다. 2. 압축응력 값은 법랑질의 압축파괴응력 범위 내에 있었지만 인장응력은 법랑질의 인장파괴응력 범위를 넘어섰다. 3. 비우식성치경부병소를 발생시키는 주요인은 설측교두의 협측경사면에 가해지는 교합압에 의한 인장응력이라고 보여진다.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 앉은 자세에서 골반의 앞방향경사와 뒷방향경사에 따른 스마트폰의 사용이 목세움근과 위등세모근의 근활성도를 알아보고 IoT 디바이스 개발에 필요한 기초자료를 얻고자 하였다. 건강한 20-30대 성인남녀 15명을 대상으로 앉은 자세에서 골반앞방향경사와 골반뒷방향경사를 중재한 뒤 5분간 스마트폰을 사용하여 근전도 신호를 측정하고 중앙 3분의 근전도 신호를 사용하였다. 연구결과 앉은 자세에서 골반앞방향경사의 스마트폰 사용이 골반뒤방향경사와 비교하여 양측 목세움근(p<.001), 왼쪽 위등세모근(p<.001), 오른쪽 위등세모근(p<.002)의 %RVC 값이 유의하게 낮았다. 이는 골반의 앞방향경사를 통한 앉은 자세가 척추의 정상적인 만곡을 유지하여 스마트폰 사용 시 발생하게 되는 전방머리자세를 방지하여 목과 어깨 주변의 부하를 감소시켜 %RVC 값이 유의하게 낮았다고 사료되며 향후 골반경사에 중점을 둔 새로운 자세교정 IoT 디바이스들이 개발되어야할 것이다.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.577-608
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• 1997

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the stress distribution in the bone around dental implants supporting mandibular overdenture according to the number of implant and the type of attachment. Two or four implants were placed in an edentulous mandibular model and three dimensional photoelastic stress analysis was carried out to measure the fringe order around the implant supporting structure and also to calculate principal stress components at cervical area of each implant. The attachments tested were rigid and resilient type of Dolder bar, Round bar, Hader bar and Dal-Ro attchment. The results were as follows ; 1. In 2-implant supported overdenture using Round bar, Hader bar, and Dal-Ro attachment, compressive stress pattern was observed on the supporting structure of implant on loaded side, while tensile stress pattern in unloaded side. 2. In 2-implant supported overdenture using Dolder bar, the rigid Dolder bar shared the occlusal loads between 2 implants in a more favorable manner than was exhibited by the resilient type, while the resilient type placed a more stress on the distocervical area of the implant on the loaded side. But compressive stress pattern was observed in both the loaded and unloaded sides in either case. 3. In 2-implant supported overdenture, rigid and resilient type of Dolder bar exhibited more cross arch involvement than the Round bar, Hader bar, or Dal-Ro attachment. 4. In 4-implant supported overdenture using resilient Dolder bar and Hader bar, stress turned out to be distributed evenly among the implants between loaded and unloaded side, but thor was no reduction in the magnitude of the stress in the surrounding structure of implant contratry to 2-implant supported overdenture. 5. The stress pattern at cervical area of implant was different with the number of implant or the type of attachment but the overload, harmful to surrounding structure of implant, was not observed.