Research Article
Numerical Analysis of Masticatory Forces on a Lower First Molar considering the Contact between Dental Tissues
Table 1
Mechanical properties used in the analysis.
| Dental tissue | Young’s module | Dimensional Poisson ratio | Density |
| Enamel | 70 GPa | 0.30 | 0.25 g/cm3 | Dentin | 18.3 GPa | 0.30 | 0.31 g/cm3 | Pulp | 2 GPa | 0.45 | 0.1 g/cm3 |
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