Estudio biomecánico experimental del sistema musculo-esquelético masticatorio: Aplicaciones para el estudio de la osteosíntesis

the biomechanical behavior of the masticatory system is not well known. the mathematical models that have been developed to date are limited and experimental studies have not yet solved the problem of reproducing muscular forces and stress distributions in the internal mandibular structure. a static simulator of the masticatory system was developed in the present study and threedimensional photoelasticity was used to analyze stress distribution in several physiologic and pathologic situations. the results showed that the simulator and 3d photoelasticity were useful for studying interactions and ostheosynthesis materials used in daily clinical practice.