Balancing the spatial demands of the developing dentition with the mechanical demands of the catarrhine mandibular symphysis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-111

  Cobb, Samuel N ^a   Panagiotopoulou, Olga ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Feeding; Finite elements analysis; Function; Macaca; Ontogeny; Strain

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BITE; DENTITION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INCISOR; MACACA; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH ERUPTION; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INCISOR; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MANDIBLE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS;

EID: 78650127825     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01321.x     Document Type: Article

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