Masticatory performance and areas of occlusal contact and near contact in subjects with normal occlusion and malocclusion

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 602-609

  Owens, Shannon ^a   Buschang, Peter H ^a,d   Throckmorton, Gaylord S ^b   Palmer, Leslea ^a   English, Jeryl ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Southwestern Medical School   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MASTICATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOLAR TOOTH; ORTHODONTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SWALLOWING; TOOTH OCCLUSION; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICUSPID; CHILD; DENTAL OCCLUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW RELATION RECORD; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; PARTICLE SIZE; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036599466     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mod.2002.122829     Document Type: Article

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