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. 2020 May 14;237(3):529–542. doi: 10.1111/joa.13218

Table 2.

Live maximum bite force data measured in human subjects

Maximum bite force (N)
Age (years) I1/di1 I2/di2 C/dc P3/dp3 P4/dp4 M1 M2
6.5 8.3 35.4 19.4 NA 97.5 85.1 NA
9 8.3 5.4 11 NA 67.2 69.9 NA
10 8.4 24.6 11.3 50.4 75 67.5 NA
10 11 8.3 8.3 16.5 8.3 49.7 85.1
11 30.5 21 8.3 67.2 85.2 114.8 135
18 36 24.9 116.4 53.9 84 180 176.4
18 24.6 11 41.1 22.1 83.4 84 80.4
18 13.8 16.5 19.4 37.2 36 375 285
19 70.2 135 165 194.3 341.1 191.3 164.3
20 127.7 210.8 217.4 309.3 341.1 575.6 390
21 141.5 141.5 141.5 282.9 424.4 282.9 141
23 69.3 59.3 113.7 69.3 130.2 188.6 203.6
24 99.8 83.1 130.2 188.4 201.8 303.8 288
25 158.6 99.6 164.4 202.1 138.6 322.1 276.5
29 141.5 212.2 142.5 141.5 282.9 424.4 405

Tooth abbreviations as in Table 1.