Table 1. Tissue dimensions used in FE model construction.

Tissue	Thickness (mm)
	Embryonic day 18	Postnatal day 1	Postnatal day 3	Postnatal day 7
Palatine bone	0.025	0.032	0.25	0.25
Dorsal connective tissue envelope	0.1125	0.071	0.05	0.05
Ventral connective tissue envelope	0.1125	0.071	0.05	0.05
Gap area	0.5	0.116	0.06	0.02
Cartilage cap	Not applicable	Not applicable	0.18	0.2