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Examination of lower facial skin movements during left- and right-side chewing.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20947466     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to temporally and spatially analyze movements of lower facial skin during left- and right-side chewing in order to examine, from the viewpoint of kinematics, whether functional differences existed between these movements on the two sides.
METHODS: Ten healthy young subjects (aged 24-32 years, mean age 26.7 years) were included in this study. The test bolus used in this study was sufficiently softened chewing gum. The cycle time, mean square error value and mean difference vector value of chewing paths were used as parameters.
RESULTS: Cycle times of movements of lower facial skin during gum chewing were invariant and stable on each chewing side, and showed no significant differences between the sides. The similarities of chewing paths and directions of movements of lower facial skin during gum chewing showed mirror-image relationships between the sides. Furthermore, these relationships during gum chewing were stable on both sides.
CONCLUSIONS: Based on these findings, it was found that movements of lower facial skin during left- and right-side chewing in healthy subjects were temporally and spatially invariant, stable and similar on both sides. Moreover, the present results suggest, from the viewpoint of kinematics, that a functional difference may not exist between these movements on the two sides.
Authors:
Kiwamu Sakaguchi; Nozomi Maeda; Atsuro Yokoyama
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-10-13
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of prosthodontic research     Volume:  55     ISSN:  1883-1958     ISO Abbreviation:  J Prosthodont Res     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-06     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101490359     Medline TA:  J Prosthodont Res     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  32-9     Citation Subset:  D; IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 Japan Prosthodontic Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Oral Functional Prosthodontics, Division of Oral Functional, Science, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, N13 W7, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-8586, Japan. sakaguti@den.hokudai.ac.jp
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