Experimental Study on Drilling Force during Mandible Drilling Process

摘要

Drilling procedure is widely used in orthopedic surgery to insert the steel nail to stabilize the bone. However, successful execution of bone drilling requires a high level of dexterity and experience, because the drilling resistance is large and sometimes vibrates violently to even break the slender drill. This paper introduces the study of drill force in different cutting parameters and different bone density. The density of cortical bone is higher than that of cancellous bone, so the drilling force decreases suddenly from the peak and then maintains a stable value. Drilling forces are more related with feed speeds and bone density. Drilling force increases as feed speed increases and bone density increases. Accurate drilling process can be obtained to provide effective surgery training and rehearsal.