The effects of food fragmentation index on mandibular closing angle in human mastication

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 577-584

  Agrawal, K R ^a   Lucas, P W ^a   Bruce, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Food breakdown; Jaw movements; Mastication; Mechanical properties of food

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOOD; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAW MOVEMENT; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0034041271     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(00)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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