Evaluating the support and associated strain distribution in unilateral obturator with different designs: An experimental and finite element study

• Mohammed Mousa,

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

  Affiliation Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudia Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6268-6824

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• Adam Husein,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, University of Sharjah, College of Dental Medicine, Sharjah, UAE

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• Mohamed El-Anwar,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Research Centre, Giza, Cairo, Egypt

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9840-0579

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• Norwahida Yusoff,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software, Validation

  Affiliation School of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-0963

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• Hussein Alhelay,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Mahayel Specialist Dental Center, Aseer Health Cluster, Asser, Saudi Arabia

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• Badi Alazhari,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudia Arabia

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• Fadhel Alsharari,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudia Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4467-2631

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• Bader Alzarea,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudia Arabia

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• Mohammed Sghaireen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: msghaireen@ju.edu.sa (MS); johariyap@usm.my (JYA)

  Affiliation Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudia Arabia

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• Johari Yap Abdullah

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: msghaireen@ju.edu.sa (MS); johariyap@usm.my (JYA)

  Affiliations School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, Dental Research Unit, Center for Transdisciplinary Research (CFTR), Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6147-4192

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