An investigation of dentinal fluid flow in dental pulp during food mastication : simulation of fluid –structure interaction

• Main Authors: Chang, Chih-Han, Su, Kuo-Chih, Chuang, Shu-Fen, Ng, Eddie Yin-Kwee
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98700; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17431
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study uses fluid–structure interaction (FSI) simulation to investigate the relationship between the dentinal fluid flow in the dental pulp of a tooth and the elastic modulus of masticated food particles and to investigate the effects of chewing rate on fluid flow in the dental pulp. Three-dimen...