This study aimed to develop a plate to treat fractures of the mandibular body in dogs and to validate the project using finite elements and biomechanical essays. Mandible prototypes were produced with 10 oblique ventrorostral fractures (favorable) and10 oblique ventrocaudal fractures (unfdvor-able). Three groups were established for each fracture type. Osteosynthesis with a pure titanium plate of double-arch geometry and blocked monocortical screws of free angulation were used. The mechanical resistance of the prototype with unfavorable fracture was lower than that of the favorable fracture. In both fractures, the detflection increased and the relative stiffness decreased proportionally to the diminishing screw number. The finite element analysis validated this plate study, since ihc ma.ximum tension concentration observed on the plate was lower than the resistance limit lensicm admitted hy the titanium, lit conclusion, the douhtc-aivh geometry plate 'i.xed with Hocked monocortical screws has sitjjicient resistance to stahilize ohlique jivciures. without compromising mandibular dental or fieurovascular structures.
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