Mechanical characterization and structural analysis of elastodontic appliances under intraoral and artificial aging conditions

• Main Authors: Yutong Cui (Author), Tianjiao Huang (Author), Zihang Yu (Author), Shijie Zhou (Author), Lijun Zhang (Author), Yujia Han (Author), Song Li (Author), Qingyu Wang (Author), Yulou Tian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This study focused on the aging mechanism and degradation of mechanical and structural features of elastodontic appliances (EA) under artificial and intraoral aging to achieve oral myofunctional therapy with particular removable silicone elastomer devices. Materials and methods E...