Review of Maxillary Expansion Appliance Activation Methods: Engineering and Clinical Perspectives
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Figure 2
Typical force response to a stepwise and discrete generation of displacement for a visoelastic material. Following each idealized
step, the tissue relaxes, and observed force decreases based on the relaxation function.