Effects of a myofunctional appliance on orofacial muscle activity and structures

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-258

  Tallgren, Antje ^a   Christiansen, Richard L ^a   Ash, Major M ^a   Miller, Richard L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cephalometrics; Electromyography; Oral dysfunction; Oral shield treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUCKING; SWALLOWING; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TONGUE;

CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; DEGLUTITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLES; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, FUNCTIONAL; ORTHODONTICS, INTERCEPTIVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SUCKING BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL MUSCLE; TONGUE;

EID: 0032093036     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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