Table 1.

Potential mandibular corpus loading regimes and associated strain patterns relating to mandibular corpus morphology

	Associated strain pattern*
Loading regime	ε1/ε2	direction of ε1 (Φ)†
Lateral transverse bending	< 1.0	90°
Parasagittal bending	< 1.0	90°
Reverse parasagittal bending	> 1.0	0°
Torsion about the long axis	∼1.0	45°

^*Associated strain patterns are given anterior to the bite point and along the lower border of the corpus.

^†The direction of ε₁ is given relative to the long axis of the corpus.