Significance difference within a region was determined through either an aANOVA (p bKruskal-Wallis (p cTukey’s post hoc test, dDunn’s post hoc test or eDunnett’s T3 post hoc test. The direction in whi
Mandibular distraction is a surgical process that progressively lengthens bone. To improve the distraction procedure and devices, the load of distraction and the mechanical strain of soft tissues duri
Result's database of the characterisation are organized in four length scales (sub-nano, nano, micro and meso). As it is described in the main document, at each scale, 10 mineral concentrations were a
Micro-computed tomography was used to assess several quantitative parameters of cortical bone structure. The mean values and standard deviations are presented here.
The qualitative characters for the cluster analysis were: 1) Intracingular morphology of the bulb: flat (0), convex (1) concave (2); 2) Intracingular radial ornamentation of the bulb: pitting (0), fib