Table 1.
Peak principal corpus strains (osteotomy side) during mastication on different sides.
| Non-osteotomy side chews |
Osteotomy side chews |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I.D. # | # of cycles L/R/U | εMAX (με) | εMIN (με) | angle (degrees) | εMAX (με) | εMIN (με) | angle (degrees) |
| 3 | 31/20/0 | 77 (32) | −66 (38) | 72 (16) | 159 (47) | −116 (12) | 80 (12) |
| 6 | 13/13/0 | 84 (7) | −116 (17) | 21 (3) | 131 (50) | −169 (56) | 24 (4) |
| 7 | 11/9/0 | 71 (46) | −52 (29) | 58 (6) | 172 (62) | −81 (37) | 64 (7) |
| 8 | 19/9/0 | 78 (25) | −114 (26) | 26 (6) | 105 (44) | −109 (40) | 30 (8) |
| 9 | 17/3/0 | 180 (62) | −62 (34) | 43 (20) | 304 (62) | −191 (36) | 54 (8) |
| 12 | 12/10/0 | 74 (43) | −78 (30) | −21 (10) | 99 (32) | −87 (26) | −11 (3) |
| 13 | 13/12/0 | 56 (13) | −56 (10) | −5 (7) | 45 (13) | −79 (21) | −27 (22) |
| 14 | 13/11/0 | 54 (23) | −75 (30) | 14 (2) | 44 (28) | −82 (38) | 18 (3) |
| 15 | 17/12/0 | 182 (40) | −79 (22) | 27 (5) | 208 (62) | −105 (36) | 31 (6) |
| 16 | 11/13/0 | 75 (25) | −101 (24) | 35 (12) | 94 (60) | −124 (58) | 42 (15) |
| Mean | 93* | −80* | 27 | 136* | −114* | 31 | |
| S.D. | (47) | (23) | (28) | (79) | (38) | (33) | |
Values are means, (standard deviations).
L/R/U are number of left, right and unknown side chew cycles analyzed.
εMAX, peak tensile principal strain; εMIN, peak compressive principal strain; angle is degrees of εMIN above the occlusal plane.
*
p < 0.02, paired t-test between chewing side strains.