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Table 1 Number of Nodes and Elements of the Components of the FEM

From: The three-dimensional displacement tendency of teeth depending on incisor torque compensation with clear aligners of different thicknesses in cases of extraction: a finite element study

Material

Number of elements

Number of nodes

 

0.5 mm-thick aligner

0.75 mm-thick aligner

0.5 mm-thick aligner

0.75 mm-thick aligner

Attachment

2291

4532

Tooth

40,614

59,335

PDL

39,641

80,357

Alveolar bone

27,052

49,982

Aligner

20,566

21,057

40,786

41,519

Total

130,164

130,655

234,992

235,725

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BMC Oral Health

ISSN: 1472-6831

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