Figures & data
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Figure 1. Principal connections and interactions between the physical stimuli and materials parameters. Numbers in brackets indicate respective tensor rank.
![Figure 1. Principal connections and interactions between the physical stimuli and materials parameters. Numbers in brackets indicate respective tensor rank.](/cms/asset/fb94c5d9-058a-4283-b4d9-c1c25b5f385f/tsta_a_1348872_f0001_b.gif)
Table 1. Fundamental stimuli and pentataxis forces with the respective phenomena (simplified).
Table 2. Comparison of periodontal (= adjacent to natural tooth) and peri-implant (= adjacent to implant biomaterial) soft tissues and their attachment (adapted from [Citation72,75]).
Figure 3. Timeline for healing of an implant and readout areas for 7 and 14 days in vitro, adapted from [Citation72].
![Figure 3. Timeline for healing of an implant and readout areas for 7 and 14 days in vitro, adapted from [Citation72].](/cms/asset/f9b81a83-f26a-45e6-8e0e-21ba62a70e8a/tsta_a_1348872_f0003_oc.gif)
Figure 4. The concept of the biomaterials enhanced simulation testing [Citation80–82].
![Figure 4. The concept of the biomaterials enhanced simulation testing [Citation80–82].](/cms/asset/e165457f-2244-45c8-82ef-75f78775da65/tsta_a_1348872_f0004_oc.gif)
Figure 5. The dental abutment test concept (based on [Citation72]) for the BEST platform (DO, dissolved oxygen; DAQ, data acquisition; POST, post-processing data treatment; pCO2, CO2 partial pressure; MCDA, multi-criteria decision aiding).
![Figure 5. The dental abutment test concept (based on [Citation72]) for the BEST platform (DO, dissolved oxygen; DAQ, data acquisition; POST, post-processing data treatment; pCO2, CO2 partial pressure; MCDA, multi-criteria decision aiding).](/cms/asset/626c555f-51fd-4b68-817a-ac63f5263191/tsta_a_1348872_f0005_oc.gif)
Figure 6. An example of mucosal tissue-abutment interface quality measurement with BEST (Figure ), expressed as modulus under: a) pseudo-static loading part (‘creeping’); and b) dynamic loading (1 Hz, 30 μm deformation amplitude).
![Figure 6. An example of mucosal tissue-abutment interface quality measurement with BEST (Figure 5), expressed as modulus under: a) pseudo-static loading part (‘creeping’); and b) dynamic loading (1 Hz, 30 μm deformation amplitude).](/cms/asset/b2eb51b1-f698-4357-9c93-8b330cdb60e5/tsta_a_1348872_f0006_oc.gif)