Impact Velocities of the Teeth after a Sudden Unloading at Various Initial Bite Forces, Degrees of Mouth Opening, and Distances of Travel

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1751-1759

  Nagashima, T ^a   Slager, G E C ^b   Otten, E ^b   Broekhuijsen, M L ^b   Van Willigen, J D ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bite force; co contraction; jaw; length; unloading; velocity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DENTAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MASTICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TOOTH;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MASTICATION; MOUTH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH;

EID: 0031279525     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345970760110601     Document Type: Article

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