Research Article

Material Properties of the Mandibular Trabecular Bone

Table 1

Experimental Young’s modulus values [2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 1214].

AuthorBone typePreservationYoung’s modulus

Evans and King, 1961 [15]FemurEmbalmed20.68–965 MPa
McElhaney et al., 1970 [16]VertebraFreshAvg 151.7 MPa
Pugh et al., 1973 [17]FemurFrozen423–1516 MPa
Schoenfeld et al., 1974 [18]FemurFreshAvg 344,7 MPa
Lindahl, 1976 [19]TibiaDried, defatted1.4–79 MPa
Lindahl, 1976 [19]VertebraDried, defatted1.1–139 MPa
Carter and Hayes, 1977 [6]TibiaFrozen10–500 MPa
Ducheyne et al., 1977 [20]FemurFrozen58.8–2942 MPa
Brown and Ferguson, 1980 [21]FemurFrozen1000–9800 MPa
Williams and Lewis, 1982 [22]TibiaDried, defatted8–457 MPa
Goldstein, 1987 [9]TibiaFrozen4–430 MPa
Martens et al., 1983 [23]FemurFrozen58–2248 MPa
(900 ± 710 MPa)
Ciarelli et al., 1986 [24]TibiaFrozen5–552 MPa
Ciarelli et al., 1986 [24]FemurFrozen7.6–800 MPa
Ciarelli et al., 1986 [24]RadiusFrozen1.1–448 MPa
Ashman and Rho, 1988 [5]VertebraFresh158–378 MPa
Keller et al., 1987 [25]VertebraFrozen15–30 MPa
Struhl et al., 1987 [26]VertebraFrozen10–428 MPa
Odgaard and Linde, 1991 [4]Femur103–1058 MPa
Linde, 1994 [3]Tibia445 ± 256 MPa
Keaveny et al., 1997 [27]Vertebra165 ± 110 MPa
Misch et al., 1999 [14]MandibleFrozen24.9–240 MPa
(with cortical layer)
3.5–125.6 MPa
(without cortical layer)
O’Mahony et al., 2000 [13]MandibleFrozenAvg 907 MPa
(mesiodistal)
Avg 511 MPa
(buccolingual)
Avg 114 MPa
(inferosuperior)
van Eijden et al., 2004 [12]Mandibular condyleEmbalmedAvg 438 MPa
(vertically)
Avg 157 MPa
(horizontally)
Chevalier et al., 2007 [10]FemurDried, defatted63.9–2987.9 MPa