Table 2.

The material properties used in the study.

	Young's modulus (MPa)	Poisson's ratio	Reference
Ti-6Al-4V	103400	0.35	Sertgöz and Güvener (12)
Cortical bone	13700	0.3	Barbier et al. (13)
Cancellous bone	1370	0.3	Barbier et al. (13)
Overdenture	4500	0.35	Brunski et al. (14)
Mucosa	1	0.37	Menicucci et al. (15)
Nylon	28.3	0.4	Liu et al. (16)