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K. Akhmedov et alii, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 72 (2025) 280-294; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.72.20

established: 959486 elements and 206441 nodes, excluding the PEEK framework, which additionally consisted of 1176187 elements and 421657 nodes.

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ver time, the alveolar ridge height could decrease locally (due to bone resorption), changing its shape and volume. To assess the effect of this process on the load-bearing capacity of the RCD, its SSSs were calculated considering such patterns by partially reducing the virtual support height. This phenomenon was simulated by deforming the virtual support in the anterior part of the base (shown by a red oval in Fig. 2, b). As a result, the virtual support locally did not fit tightly to the base; in doing so, the contact was absent in the region.

Figure 2: The RCD with the initial (a) and deformed (b) virtual supports

The SSSs were calculated for different loading conditions, which corresponded to the impact of symmetrical and asymmetrical operational loads upon biting or chewing food. Under the symmetrical loads, the following options were considered: 1) No.1 on four incisors at an angle of 30  (Fig. 3, a), 2) No.2 on four incisors at an angle of 0  (hereinafter, relative to the vertical axis of the teeth, according to Fig. 3, b),

3) No.3 on both two canines and two premolars at the angle of 0  , 4) No.4 on both two canines and four incisors at the angle of 0  ; while they were the following under the asymmetrical loads:

5) No.5 on both two premolars and two molars at the angle of 0  , 6) No.6 on both one incisor and one premolar at the angle of 0  , 7) No.7 on both one canine and one incisor at the angle of 0  , 8) No.8 on two incisors, one canine and one premolar at the angle of 0  (Fig. 3, c), 9) No.9 on both three incisors and one canine at the angle of 0  , 10) No.10 on two premolars at the angle of 0  .

Figure 3: The loading options for the RCD: ( а ) No.1 – on four incisors at the angle of 30  , (b) No.2 – on four incisors at the angle of 0  , and (c) No.8 – on two incisors, one canines and one premolar at the angle of 0 

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