Development and Validation of 3D Finite Element Models for Prediction of Orthodontic Tooth Movement

Table 3

Calculated stress, calculated tooth movement, and clinical tooth movement of the second orthodontic patient.

Point	Time	Calculated stress (N/mm^2)	Time	Calculated tooth movement (F) (mm)	Clinical tooth movement (C) (mm)	Difference (|F − C|) (mm (%))
C1M	T0	0.063	T0-1	1.378	1.296	0.082 (5.95)
C1D		0.061		1.153	1.211	0.058 (5.03)
C2D		0.039		0.241	0.223	0.018 (7.61)
C1M	T1	0.062	T1-2	1.263	1.258	0.005 (0.36)
C1D		0.059		0.952	1.037	0.085 (8.96)
C2D		0.041		0.206	0.219	0.013 (6.39)
C1M	T2	0.053	T2-3	0.490	0.487	0.003 (0.61)
C1D		0.051		0.383	0.395	0.012 (3.01)
C2D		0.048		0.268	0.272	0.004 (1.49)
C1M	T3	0.030	T3-4	0.694	0.674	0.020 (2.92)
C1D		0.031		0.620	0.630	0.010 (1.57)
C2D		0.034		0.434	0.451	0.017 (3.97)