The Use of Customized Three-Dimensionally Printed Mandible Prostheses with a Pressure-Reducing Device: A Finite Element Analysis in Different Chewing Positions, Biomechanical Testing, and In Vivo Animal Study Using Lanyu Pigs

Table 4

The calculated forces in , , and directions in clenching position in the animal model.

	Clenching muscle weight (N)	Unit vector coordinates
		L sup. masseter	304.4	23.95	-102.42	285.65
L deep masseter	188.8	36.57	-78.80	167.62
R ant. temporalis	64.8	4.68	10.02	63.85
R mid. temporalis	73.2	6.69	35.28	63.79
R post. temporalis	73.2	11.76	52.76	49.36
L ant. temporalis	64.8	-7.39	12.52	63.15
L mid. temporalis	73.2	-7.80	36.81	62.79
L post. temporalis	73.2	-13.91	53.26	48.25
L med. pterygoid	226.8	-123.62	-51.48	183.05
R lat. pterygoid	100.4	55.31	-50.57	-66.81
L lat. pterygoid	100.4	-53.38	-51.06	-67.99
R digastric	56.4	-0.18	-56.24	-4.26
L digastric	56.4	-1.16	-56.23	-4.28
Molar occlusion	250.00	-73.12	42.03	-235.34
Incisor occlusion	90.00	9.22	51.77	-73.04