Abstract:

It is interested in this study to develope mesh-structure applied Gum Metal (one kind of titanium alloy, also called Gum Titanium) plates with high biocompatibility, elastic deformability and comparatively lower elastic modulus for implant applications. Meshed gum metal plates with excellent 3-demensional flexibility and light-weight performance compared to usual metal plate implants are designed parametrically using 3D CAD tools for different bone graft applications. Mechanical properties like tensile/compression and bending stiffness and volume densities of sample meshed gum metal plates are experimentally and analytically evaluated with respect to different design parameters like basic mesh shapes, mesh line width etc.

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