Effects on human maximum bite force of biting on a softer or harder object

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 833-839

  Paphangkorakit, J ^a   Osborn, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bite force; Mechanoreceptors; Pulp; Stress; Teeth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ENDODONTICS; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCISOR; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MASTICATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; STATISTICS; TOOTH PULP;

ADULT; BITE FORCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL PULP; DENTAL PULP CAPPING; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTS; HUMANS; INCISOR; MASTICATION; MECHANORECEPTORS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 0032211263     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(98)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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