Mechanical Strength and Viscoelastic Response of the Periodontal Ligament in Relation to Structure
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Figure 4
Polarised light micrograph of the periodontal ligament (PDL) on the
buccal side in an unstained bucco-lingal section of a mechanical
specimen. Image analysis was done for each grid (30 × 30
μm), adapted from Kawada and Komatsu [34].