Research Article

Biomechanical Stress and Strain Analysis of Mandibular Human Region from Computed Tomography to Custom Implant Development

Table 1

Direction in space of the force vectors representing each muscle of mastication and its magnitude. Source: adapted from Bertol [20].

Muscles-axis (N)-axis (N)-axis (N)Magnitude (N)

Masseter right104,7−51,7221,2250
Masseter left−104,7−51,7221,2250
Temporal right−50,022,183,7100
Temporal left50,022,183,7100
Medial pterygoid right55,8−72,9118,6150
Medial pterygoid left−55,8−72,9118,6150