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BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Biomechanical evaluation of mandibular splinting method for fractures within the dental arch
About authors
1 Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
2 Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
3 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (Pirogov University), Moscow, Russia
4 Novosibirsk State Medical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Denis A. Moiseev
Ostrovityanova 1, str. 9, Moscow, 117997, Russia; ur.umsr@ad_veesiom
About paper
Author contribution: Darawsheh HM, Mellin RV, Akulinichev EA — research procedure; Darawsheh HM, Mellin RV — data analysis; Darawsheh HM, Mellin RV, Akulinichev EA, Moiseev DA, Snezhko OV — manuscript writing; Kopetskiy IS, Vasiliev YuL, Moiseev DA — manuscript editing.
Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the ethics committee of the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (protocol No. 16–24 dated 20 June 2024).
Received: 2026-03-03
Accepted: 2026-04-13
Published online: 2026-04-23
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Fig. 1. А. Interface of the Inobitec PRO software for segmentation of medical images: multiplanar reconstruction with highlighted contours of the zone of interest. B. Segmentation result in the form of voxel 3D model of the mandible and dental arch
Fig. 2. NURBS model of the mandible with the fixing construct and impactor
Fig. 3. Finite element model of the estimated area: left — frontal view, right — cutaway model (midsagittal plane)
Fig. 4. Determination of contact interactions in the Abaqus CAE 6.14 software
Fig. 5. Relative displacement between splinters as a function of the load applied to the mandibular segment
Fig. 6. А. Diagram of the contact pressure distribution in the fracture area. Ω₀ — unloaded configuration, Ω₁ — loaded configuration, areas of displacement between splinters are highlighted with the dotted line. B. Diagrams of the stress distribution across splinters of the mandible fixed using the construct proposed. C. Diagrams of the stress distribution across splinters of the mandible fixed using the construct proposed, and across the teeth
Table. Mechanical characteristics of the anatomical structures being parts of the segment asessed
