Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7237409 | Medical Engineering & Physics | 2018 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Increasing the male taper diameter was shown to be the most effective means for increasing taper strength but would require a concurrent increase in the outer implant diameter to limit a greater risk of total surface damage for a thinner female taper wall. Increasing the assembly force decreases the total surface damage but not local magnitudes, which are probably responsible for crack initiation. It is suggested that in unfavourable loading conditions a monobloc implant system will reduce the risk of failure.
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Authors
A. Krull, M.M. Morlock, N.E. Bishop,