. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2012 Feb 25;70(11):2656–2668. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2011.12.030

Table 2.

Mechanical testing.

	Peak Stress (kPa)	Equilibrium Stress (kPa)	Stress Relaxation (%)	Tangent Modulus (kPa)
Native	2.68 ± 0.57	1.46 ± 0.35	45.35 ±9.48	23.45 ±6.01
Pre-Implantation UBM	16.38 ± 5.78^*	11.29 ± 4.23^*	31.28 ± 2.20^*	179.96 ± 48.29^*
Remodeled Tissue	3.71 ± 1.69	1.81 ± 0.65	48.10 ± 16.47	50.72 ± 32.10

Denotes a significant difference compared to native tissue with p <0.05. All values are presented as mean ± standard deviation