Yes, there is similarity. In the foundation treatment of civil engineering structures dental treatment is also provided. In the conventional dental treatment of human beings, decayed material is removed from the tooth and back filled with amalgam, cement or other synthetic material after roughening of the cavity sides. Similar treatment is provided by excavating weathered and decayed material from the foundation of building, dam and other civil engineering structures and back filled with concrete or other competent material. Bridges, cantilever structures, inlays, reinforced mat (capping) are also provided in the foundation treatment of civil engineering structures as in the dental treatment of human beings. Point load, stresses, strains, bonding etc. are considered in the dental treatment of human beings as well as in the civil engineering structures.
Yes, there is similarity. In the foundation treatment of civil engineering structures dental treatment is also provided. In the conventional dental treatment of human beings, decayed material is removed from the tooth and back filled with amalgam, cement or other synthetic material after roughening of the cavity sides. Similar treatment is provided by excavating weathered and decayed material from the foundation of building, dam and other civil engineering structures and back filled with concrete or other competent material. Bridges, cantilever structures, inlays, reinforced mat (capping) are also provided in the foundation treatment of civil engineering structures as in the dental treatment of human beings. Point load, stresses, strains, bonding etc. are considered in the dental treatment of human beings as well as in the civil engineering structures.
As Indra pointed out, there are similarity. Structural and material engineering principles are common and widely used in the wider medicine profession, including dentistry. For instance, the discipline of biomechanicsis is the study of the structure and function of the mechanical aspects of biological systems, at any level from whole organisms to organs, cells and cell organelles, using the methods of mechanics.
Filling will be similar. In civil engineering it is termed as 'Grouting' may be a nozzle grouting.
The specific difference in treatment is consideration of pain in teeth where as in foundation it is precautionary measure.
We could compare building stucture decay to periodontitis. There is a similar decay mechanism that comes as effect of bad dental hygiene or lack of building maintenance respectively. We could also compare the curing procedures used to solve each of these cases.
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