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Table 4 Contralateral molar loading

From: Three lateral osteotomy designs for bilateral sagittal split osteotomy: biomechanical evaluation with three-dimensional finite element analysis

Parameter

Side

TO-1 method

Ob-1 method

OD-1 method

Deflection at the first molar (mm)

Right

6.149 (100%)

4.537 (100%)

1.979 (100%)

 

Left

5.840 (95.0%)

4.161 (91.7%)

1.708 (86.3%)

Maximum von Mises bone stress in the screw vicinity (MPa)

Right

512.643 (100%)

361.865 (100%)

256.623 (100%)

 

Left

441.897 (86.2%)

294.699 (81.4%)

196.790 (76.7%)

Maximum von Mises stress on the miniplate (MPa)

Right

3250.620 (100%)

2955.626 (100%)

1766.932 (100%)

 

Left

3101.392 (95.4%)

2598.595 (87.9%)

1665.914 (94.3%)

Maximum von Mises stress on the screw (MPa)

Right

2118.952 (100%)

1778.286 (100%)

1591.128 (100%)

 

Left

1964.085 (92.7%)

1663.766 (93.6%)

1474.351 (92.7%)