Experimental determination of the mechanical properties of the porcine areolar tissue

In the literature, there are many examples and assumptions about the possible effect of dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint and general dental diseases on the state of a very important vascular artery, namely the internal carotid artery, the kinking and coiling in it, which can lead to the development of a stroke and ischemic disease of a brain. Nowadays, these diseases are one of the most frequent causes of severe disability and premature death of people. Unfortunately, at present there is no comprehensive explanation of influence mechanism of a person’s dentition on the damage of the vital vascular line that connects and unites the work of the brain and the heart. These discrepancies and contradictions can be eliminated after developing the biomechanical model of the influence of the temporomandibular joint dysfunction on the internal carotid artery. In order to correctly solve this problem, it is necessary to know the mechanical properties of the tissues located between the temporomandibular joint and the internal carotid artery. In this article, we selected the experimental technique, determined the theory that describes the behavior of the tissue in this experiment, selected and manufactured equipment, simulated the experiment in the ANSYS software package and compared the simulation results and theoretical calculation of the experiment. The simulation coincided with experiment with good accuracy, as a result the elastic modulus for areolar tissue E = 3 MPa was determined.