Inclusion of periodontal ligament fibres in mandibular finite element models leads to an increase in alveolar bone strains

• Steven W. McCormack,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical and Biological Engineering Research Group, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3463-0118

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• Ulrich Witzel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fakultät für Maschinenbau, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, Bochum, Germany

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• Peter J. Watson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical and Biological Engineering Research Group, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

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• Michael J. Fagan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical and Biological Engineering Research Group, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

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• Flora Gröning

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: f.groening@abdn.ac.uk

  Affiliation Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Medicine Research Programme, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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