Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Abstract
An Automated Rapid Maxillary Expander (ARME), is a specially designed orthodontic appliance to overcome the shortcomings imposed by the traditional butterfly expansion appliance. It operates by automatically widening the maxilla (upper jaw) by expanding the midpalatal suture [1]. This procedure is not feasible after late teenage years due to more rigid facial skeleton features. According to the study by Cozzani [2], the activation of the device could produce 0.25 mm of expansion per day. Over the period of 2 weeks, the expansion produced is up to 7 mm in total [1]. For this study, we explored the mechanism involved in the ARME appliance by using Finite Element Modeling method.
Keywords
Maxillary Expansion, Micro Controller, Automated, Orthodontics, Finite Element, Self-Repair, Culture-Conditions, Composite Resin, Dental Pulp Stem Cell, Functionally Graded Design, Multi Layered Post, Functionally Graded Dental Post, Soft Skills, Clinical Pairing, Dental Pulp Stromal Cells, Long-Term Expansion
Publication Title
4th Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2008, Vols 1 and 2
ISSN
1680-0737
Recommended Citation
Zabir, F.A.; Abdullah, A.S.; Abu Osman, Noor Azuan; Radzi, Z.; Yahya, N.A.; and Abu Kasim, Noor Hayaty, "Finite element analysis of an automated rapid maxillary expander (ARME)" (2008). Research Publications (2006 to 2010). 1721.
https://knova.um.edu.my/research_publications_2006_2010/1721
Divisions
ConservativeDentistry
Volume
21
Issue
21
Publisher
SPRINGER, 233 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10013, UNITED STATES
Additional Information
Associate Prof. Dr. Noor Hayaty Binti Abu Kasim Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA