Forces and moments generated at the dental incisors during forceful biting in humans

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 631-633

  Korioth, Tom W P ^a   Waldron, Thomas W ^a   Versluis, Antheunis ^a   Schulte, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biteforce; Biting moment; Human chin; Incisor; Jaw biomechanics; Loading

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FORCE MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN GAGES;

DENTAL INCISORS;

MASTICATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BITE; COMPUTER MODEL; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCISOR; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; BITE FORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MASTICATION;

EID: 0031172402     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(96)00182-0     Document Type: Article

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