Background Previous studies have identified the effects of light curing techniques on both
shrinkage strain and contraction stress buildup in composite restorations. Finite Element …

The human jaw is a complex biomechanical system involving different anatomical
components and an articulated muscular system devoted to its dynamical activation. The …

The primary function of the tetrapod jaw is to transmit jaw muscle forces to bite points. The
routes of force transfer in the jaw have never been studied but can be quantified using load …

Sloths are represented today only by two distantly-related small, arboreal, and folivorous
genera. However, the fossil record of the clade is composed of many more taxa, with much …

Three-dimensional finite element models (FEMs) are powerful tools for studying the
mechanical behaviour of the feeding system. Using validated, static FEMs we have …

The jaw‐adductor muscles drive the movements and forces associated with primate feeding
behaviors such as biting and chewing as well as social signaling behaviors such as wide …

Although extinct sloths exhibited a wide range of dietary habits, modes of locomotion, and
occupied various niches across the Americas, modern sloths are considered quite similar in …

Biomechanics is the set of tools that explain organismal movement and mechanical
behavior and links the organism to the physicality of the world. As such, biomechanics can …

The role of mechanical function in the evolution of morphology is important to our
understanding of the dynamics of morphological macroevolution. Our understanding of the …