Table 2 Summary of poroelastic constants used for mandible and tooth.

From: Towards a reduced order model of the periodontal ligament

Property

Units

Cortical

Cancellous

Alveolar

Tooth

 

Bone

Bone

Bone

 

Young’s modulus

E

\(\hbox {GPa}\)

14.58

0.41

0.345

15.0

Poisson’s ratio

\(\nu\)

-

0.325

0.3

0.31

0.31

intrinsic permeability

k

\(\hbox {m}^{2}\)

\(1.47 \cdot 10^{-20}\)

\(1.0 \cdot 10^{-9}\)

\(5.29 \cdot 10^{-14}\)

\(3.88 \cdot 10^{-17}\)

porosity

n

-

0.05

0.8

0.8

0.05