About the Authors

Babak Sarrafpour

babak.sarrafpour@sydney.edu.au

Affiliation The Cellular and Molecular Pathology Research Unit, Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Michael Swain

Affiliation Biomaterials Science Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Qing Li

Affiliation School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Hans Zoellner

Affiliation The Cellular and Molecular Pathology Research Unit, Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Provided expert advice on finite element analysis and biomechanics: QL MS. Led the project: HZ. Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ BS. Performed the experiments: BS. Analyzed the data: BS HZ MS QL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QL BS. Wrote the paper: BS HZ MS QL.