Effects of attachment designs on clear aligner tooth movement: A finite element analysis

• Khaled Alsharif,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

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• Peter Ngan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

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• Guoqiang Guan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

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• Egon Mamboleo,

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

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

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• Abdelhak Ouldyerou,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

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• Ali Merdji,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Mascara, Mascara, Algeria

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• Osama M. Mukdadi

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

  * E-mail: sam.mukdadi@mail.wvu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9250-0720

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