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The main purpose of this research is to design a new three-dimensionally (3D) printed porous titanium mandibular implant with both facial restoration and oral chewing function reconstruction. Its biomechanical properties were examined using both finite element analysis (FEA) and in vitro experiments. Cone beam computed tomography images of the mandible of a patient with oral cancer were selected as a reference to create 3D computational models of the bone and of the 3D-printed porous implant. The pores of the porous implant were circles or hexagons of 1 or 2 mm in size. A nonporous implant was fabricated as a control model. For the FEA, two chewing modes, namely right unilateral molar clench and right group function, were set as loading conditions. Regarding the boundary condition, the displacement of both condyles was fixed in all directions. For the in vitro experiments, an occlusal force (100 N) was applied to the abutment of the 3D-printed mandibular implants with and without porous designs as the loading condition. The porous mandibular implants withstood higher stress and strain than the nonporous mandibular implant, but all stress values were lower than the yield strength of Ti-6Al-4V (800 MPa). The strain value of the bone surrounding the mandibular implant was affected not only by the shape and size of the pores but also by the chewing mode. According to Frost\u2019s mechanostat theory of bone, higher bone strain under the porous implants might help maintain or improve bone quality and bone strength. The findings of this study serve as a biomechanical reference for the design of 3D-printed titanium mandibular implants and require confirmation through clinical investigations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma15020576","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,14]],"date-time":"2022-01-14T03:14:03Z","timestamp":1642130043000},"page":"576","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Biomechanical Analyses of Porous Designs of 3D-Printed Titanium Implant for Mandibular Segmental Osteotomy Defects"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Yen-Wen","family":"Shen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuen-Shan","family":"Tsai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5533-2059","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jui-Ting","family":"Hsu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung 413, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0650-4344","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ming-You","family":"Shie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung 413, Taiwan"},{"name":"x-Dimension Center for Medical Research and Translation, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8014-8248","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Heng-Li","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung 413, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3008-8165","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lih-Jyh","family":"Fuh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"262","DOI":"10.2310\/7070.2003.41646","article-title":"Bone that best matches the properties of the mandible","volume":"32","author":"Seikaly","year":"2003","journal-title":"J. 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