Fixation Methods for Mandibular Advancement and Their Effects on Temporomandibular Joint: A Finite Element Analysis Study

Table 5

Displacements (mm) of mesial (Me) and distal (Di) mandibular segments at superior-anterior, superior-posterior, inferior-anterior, and inferior-posterior corners at all fixation techniques on 9 mm advancement.

			M	L	LR	IL	ILR	H	HR
SA	Me	Total	0.013066	0.024300	0.024112	0.008777	0.008431	0.020806	0.013511
	Di	Total	0.31712	0.16444	0.26732	0.13797	0.27539	0.20326	0.22619
SP	Me	Total	0.131441	0.169985	0.196611	0.138070	0.172643	0.209712	0.201064
	Di	Total	0.334327	0.190981	0.279554	0.204063	0.309638	0.251797	0.264078
IA	Me	Total	0.057080	0.052055	0.049330	0.052779	0.049324	0.056355	0.056947
	Di	Total	0.17960	0.14376	0.21359	0.13832	0.10792	0.16158	0.16801
IP	Me	Total	0.159397	0.203939	0.224159	0.188539	0.200973	0.182714	0.175584
	Di	Total	0.319511	0.359756	0.554576	0.336255	0.600206	0.317153	0.330171
Mesial		Total	0.360984	0.450279	0.494212	0.388165	0.431371	0.469587	0.447106
Distal		Total	1.15057	0.858945	1.315046	0.816614	1.293162	0.933791	0.988459

SA: superior-anterior; SP: superior-posterior; IA: inferior-anterior; IP: inferior-posterior; Me: mesial; Di: distal.