A 2-year follow-up of mandibular posture following an increase in occlusal vertical dimension beyond the clinical rest position with fixed restorations

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 877-883

  Ormianer, Z ^a   Gross, M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH OCCLUSION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAW RELATION RECORD; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0032199008     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.1998.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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