Comfortable zone of the mandible evaluated by the constant stimuli method

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 330-335

  Abekura, H ^a   Tokuyama, H ^a   Hamada, T ^a   Morimoto, T ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; DENTURE, COMPLETE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSTHESIS FITTING; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0030139375     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1996.tb00860.x     Document Type: Review

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