Table 1. Elastic properties of dental and bone tissues.

Materials	Eb (GPa)	Poisson’s ratio	References
Enamel	84.1	0.3	57
Dentine	18.6	0.31	58
Pulp	0.002	0.45	59
PDLa	0.0689	0.45	60
Alveolar bone	11.5	0.3	61

^aPeriodontal ligament;

^belastic modulus.