Design and Numerical-Method-Aided Optimization of a Novel Attachment System for Implant-Retained Dental Prostheses Using NiTi Shape Memory Alloys
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Overall assessment
The manuscript is: Accept after revision
1. General: A native English speaker should review the content to increase readability because many of the sentences could be misconstrued. I advise having a professional editor edit the English grammar structures while rewriting manuscripts.
2. Rating: Excellent (E), Good (G), Satisfactory (S), Marginal (M), Poor (P)
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Category |
Description |
Rating |
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Originality |
Does the manuscript describe original work? |
E |
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Quality of Writing |
Are the organization, style and grammar satisfactory? Can the manuscript be read by subscribers from different disciplines? |
G |
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Organization and Clarity |
Is the manuscript structured in such a way that is easy to understand? |
E |
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References |
Are references provided adequate and cited correctly? Are the references up to date? |
G |
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Figures and tables |
Are the figures and tables of suitable clarity and quality? |
E |
3. Keywords: Check https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/ for correct keywords
4. Introduction:
· Well written
· Please add the hypotheses
5. Methods:
· Please state clearly Ethical approval document and approval
· As you used FEA, did you examine the von miss stress?
6. Discussion: The best part of the paper lies on the discussion section. Please provide more supporting study and add references that support or deviate from your results, and please don’t repeat the RESULTS in this section.
7. Please add the limitation of the study and provide future suggestion
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Author Response
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Reviewer 2 Report
The manuscript describes a finite element model created and used for studying different loading situations and design parameters followed by numerical analysis aided design optimization based on a prototype of a novel attachment system for implant overdentures.
The novelty is not apparent, since it is known that NiTi is used in restorative dental components (or is this reviewer mistaken?), the scope is narrow and the methods and results are limited. Please make a novelty and significance statement in Abstract and Conclusion.
Discussion is overly brief and remains technical report quality. Discussion on the underlying mechanism of the observables and indications on design and clinical applications is not sufficient. English editing is strongly suggested, especially that there is mixed use of present and past tenses in M&M.
The Figures are disorganized: Fig 6 is mentioned in text after 2,3. If 2,3 are introduced in the Introduction then their origin must be given in the fig captions.
If section 2.1 has been done and described in ref [27] the origin should be given here.
The main method applied in the study has not been introduced, rendering it un-reproducible. Reference to the method in a publication, and “supplementary material of Ref [30]” is not possible for the readers to refer to it. A brief description should be given to justify the reliability. How does it consider the temperature effect? And does it apply to non-SMA?
A major revision is necessary before further consideration in Applied Sciences.
More points to address:
The Introduction does not provide sufficient background. This recent article on biomedical NiTi alloys and the properties should be referenced doi.org/10.3390/met12030406
Fig. 4 only has panels b, c.
Fig. 5, what is ADMEDES? Which curve is a study result, which is not?
Fig. 9, what does color grey in the rows b, c represents since they are not included in the color map.
Author Response
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
The quality has been improved. It is ready for publication.
