Table 12.

Mean shear and principal strain magnitudes across all bite points for different region of the mandible, in vivo and in silico. Bold values indicate significant results

	In vivo experiments				FEM
	Shear strain				Shear strain
	Grand mean	WS mean	BS mean	P-value	Grand mean	WS mean	BS mean
All gage sites	1879	1630	< 2130	<0.001	518	339	< 696
Dentary	2122	1809	< 2449	<0.001	504	346	< 661
Splenial	1373	1240	< 1498	0.03	545	312	< 778

	E1				E1
	Grand mean	WS mean	BS mean	P-value	Grand mean	WS mean	BS mean
All gage sites	924	920	= 928	0.85	208	157	< 258
Dentary	1110	1083	= 1138	0.34	224	161	< 286
Splenial	536	562	= 512	0.3	202	170	< 233

	E2*				E2*
	Grand mean	WS mean	BS mean	P-value	Grand mean	WS mean	BS mean
All gage sites	−955	−710	< −1201	<0.001	−310	−182	< −438
Dentary	−1012	−725	< −1310	<0.001	−280	−185	< −375
Splenial	−837	−678	< −986	<0.001	−343	−141	< −545

	E1/E2				E1/E2
	Grand mean	WS mean	BS mean	P-value	Grand mean	WS mean	BS mean
All gage sites	1.18	1.6	> 0.84	<0.001	1.95	2.98	> 0.92
Dentary	1.4	1.88	> 0.95	<0.001	2.07	2.95	> 1.19
Splenial	0.77	0.94	> 0.61	<0.001	2.1	3.71	> 0.5

^*More negative E2 considered to be greater (higher compressive strain).