Splinted and Nonsplinted Crowns with Different Implant Lengths in the Posterior Maxilla by Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis

Figure 4

Superior view of maximum principal stress in the cortical bone tissue under axial and oblique loading. (A) Nonsplinted with 11.5 mm, 10 mm, and 10 mm; (B) nonsplinted with 10 mm, 8.5 mm, and 8.5 mm; (C) nonsplinted with 10 mm, 8.5 mm, and 7 mm; (D) splinted with 11.5 mm, 10 mm, and 10 mm; (E) splinted with 10 mm, 8.5 mm, and 8.5 mm; (F) splinted with 10 mm, 8.5 mm, and 7 mm).