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Relationship between chewing side preference and handedness and lateral asymmetry of peripheral factors [PDF]
, 2017 Objective: To determine whether chewing side preference is related to handedness and lateral asymmetry of occlusal characteristics, muscular force and temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in a dentate population.
Bizar i Ramoneda, Josep +5 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a severe neuromuscular disorder characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord, and comprises a broad clinical spectrum.
Teresa Kruse +7 more
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Association between masticatory ability and oral functions [PDF]
, 2020 Mastication is the process of breaking ingested food with the teeth and mixing it with saliva to form a mass that is easy to swallow. However, few studies have reported on oral functions, such as occlusal force, tongue pressure, and mastication.
Kimura, Hitomi +5 more
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Bite Force Transducers and Measurement Devices
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 In dental research, bite force has become an important curative effect evaluation index for tooth restoration, periodontal treatment, and orthodontic treatment.
Yingzhi Gu, Yuxing Bai, Xianju Xie
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Unravelling the functional biomechanics of dental features and tooth wear [PDF]
, 2013 Most of the morphological features recognized in hominin teeth, particularly the topography of the occlusal surface, are generally interpreted as an evolutionary functional adaptation for mechanical food processing.
Benazzi, Stefano +3 more
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Turkish Journal of Orthodontics, 1998 The abnormal loads on the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) may lead to degenerative diseases. Orthodontic and orthognathic surgery treatments change the effects of muscle and bite force moment arm on the TMJ.
Nilüfer Darendeliler, Oktay Üner
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Relation of Facial Growth Pattern with Molar’s Axial Inclination
JLUMHS, 2021 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between mesiodistal angulation of maxillary and mandibular 1st molar to different facial growth patterns. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study was conducted from January to February 2021 at the Jinnah Sindh ...
Erum Behroz Khan +5 more
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Factors associated with bite force in people with Parkinson's disease
Revista CEFAC, 2021 Purpose: to assess the bite force in people with Parkinson’s disease and correlate it with age, sex, stage and time of the disease, dentures use, presence of temporomandibular disorder, side of symptom onset, and masticatory preference.
Taysa Vannoska de Almeida Silva +4 more
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The importance of elevated masticatory forces on the stability of maxillary expansion [PDF]
Journal of Dentofacial Anomalies and Orthodontics, 2015 What have our young patients eaten in the past 24 hours? Probably cooked, prepared, or even finely chopped foods, that require limited masticatory action compared to what our craniofacial muscles are used to.The impact of masticatory hypofunctioning on craniofacial muscle development has been discussed in paleoanthropology studies and experimental ...
F. de Brondeau +2 more
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Understanding the gastrointestinal tract of the elderly to develop dietary solutions that prevent malnutrition [PDF]
, 2015 Although the prevalence of malnutrition in the old age is increasing worldwide a synthetic understanding of the impact of aging on the intake, digestion, and absorption of nutrients is still lacking.
Bordoni, Alessandra +11 more
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