Mechanical Strength and Viscoelastic Response of the Periodontal Ligament in Relation to Structure

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Figure 20

Dynamic shear properties of complex $\text{[math]}$ , storage $\text{[math]}$ , and loss $\text{[math]}$ moduli for the apical and coronal regions of porcine PDL. Vertical bar indicates 1 SD. $\text{[math]}$ , reproduced from Tanaka et al. [80], by permission.