Characterization of the occlusal splints using optical fiber sensors
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Nascimento, Paula F.; Franco, Ana P. G. O.; Fiorin, Rodrigo; Gomes, Leonardo B.; de Oliveira, Valmir; Abe, Ilda; Kalinowski, Hypolito J.
- Source
- 2017 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC) Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2017 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International. :1-4 Aug, 2017
- Subject
- Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Fiber gratings
Force
Optical fiber sensors
In vivo
Sensor phenomena and characterization
fiber Bragg grating sensor
occlusal splint
bite force
- Language
In this work we report the development of a method to characterize occlusal splints using fiber Bragg grating sensors. The occlusal splints are used to treatment for muscle pain resulting from parafunctional habit and or occlusal alterations. The gratings are inserted in to the occlusal splints in order to measure the forces applied to the splints. The analyses are performed in a volunteer with bruxism, in order to obtain the sensibility to the applied load. The analyses of the force distribution in the splint are realized in vivo and the results indicate that the proposed method is a powerful tool for the characterization of occlusal splints.