Research Article

Consequences of Peri-Implant Bone Loss in the Occlusal Load Transfer to the Supporting Bone in terms of Magnitude of Stress, Strain, and Stress Distribution: A Finite Element Analysis

Table 2

Maximum von Mises stresses (MPa) in cortical and trabecular bones and implants for all the models evaluated.

ModelCortical boneTrabecular boneImplant

3 mm defect5.934 MPa8.109 MPa53.678 MPa
6 mm defect5.884 MPa9.995 MPa56.861 MPa
Control16.945 MPa2.038 MPa91.23 MPa