Bender-type Tooth-Movement Transducer

• Oka Hisao

  Okayama University

• Shimizu Yoshikazu

  Okayama University

• Saratani Keiji

  Osaka Dental University

• Shi Sheng-gen

  Fourth Military Medical University

• Kawazoe Takayoshi

  Osaka Dental University

Abstract

A tooth-movement transducer using bender-type piezoelectric ceramics was developed for the measurement probe of the Tooth Mobility tester. It is small, light and suitable for oral examination and it is possible to evaluate the tooth mobility of a molar in the direction of the tooth axis. The transducer utilizes a set of long and rectangular ceramic beam. It includes two supporting points and it is possible to adjust the resonance frequency by moving two points. This frequency is applied as the measuring frequency. The basic characteristics of the transducer and clinical applicability of the measurement probe are confirmed using an artificial tooth model and human tooth.

Journal

• IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines

  IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines 118 (1), 22-27, 1998

  The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan

Keywords

• bender-type
• tooth mobility
• mechanical mobility
• piezoelectric ceramics
• tooth movement

Details

• CRID: 1390282679439444224
• NII Article ID: 10004832937
• NII Book ID: AN1052634X
• DOI: 10.1541/ieejsmas.118.22
• ISSN: 13475525
• ISSN: 13418939
• NDL BIB ID: 4366750
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I4366750
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ieejsmas1995/118/1/118_1_22/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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