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 5

Number of elements, number of nodes, computational cost and absolute mean error (MAE), mean square error (MSE), and root mean square error (RMSE) corresponding to each of the standardized tests for FE models under different mesh sizes (1.5, 2, 2.5, 2.75, and 3 mm) and formulation (linear/quadratic).

	Mesh nodes	Mesh elements	Elapsed time (min)	MAE	MSE	RMSE
1.5 mm/linear	69130	247200	18.53	90.30	9680.69	98.39
1.5 mm/quadratic	430098	244033	32.53	58.96	3986.32	63.14
2 mm/linear	53926	193317	13.35	91.35	9927.45	99.64
2 mm/quadratic	332289	189147	17.33	58.89	3977.68	63.07
2.5 mm/linear	40929	143764	3.97	92.78	10310.08	101.54
2.5 mm/quadratic	245998	138330	17.02	59.64	4086.01	63.92
2.75 mm/linear	40789	143158	11.02	94.38	10671.66	103.30
2.75 mm/quadratic	244862	137616	18.77	59.67	4090.02	63.95
3 mm/linear	40759	142967	10.62	94.06	10609.93	103.00
3 mm/quadratic	244923	137677	16.73	58.84	3971.40	63.02