Table 1.

Material properties and number of nodes and elements of the components of the finite element model

Component	Young’s modulus (MPa)	Poisson’s ratio	Nodes	Elements
Teeth	18,600	0.31	16,727–41,193	8913–22,424
PDL	0.68	0.48	23,742–71,950	11,922–36,913
Cortical bone	13,700	0.3	313,977–314,936	166,376–167,216
Cancellous bone	1370	0.3	151,732–153,377	81,633–83,063
Clear aligner	816.31	0.3	137,450–166,256	75,590–84,334
microimplant	112,000	0.33	67,570–69,682	44,972–46,322
3D printed device	235,000	0.33	26,535–60,181	15,957–37,749
Archwire	200,000	0.3	10,740	5014
Bracket	210,000	0.3	4624–9495	2623–5770