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Figure 3


Figure 3. Strain plots of chinned and flat-symphysis models during molar biting. The sections have the cancellous bone removed and are facing the working side of the corpus. Note the small differences in symphyseal low-strain for all 4 cases, on both the buccal and lingual aspects. Scale calibrated to a range of 100–2500 µ{varepsilon}.