Maximum clenching force of patients with moderate loss of posterior tooth support: A pilot study

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 498-502

  Gibbs, Charles H ^a,b   Anusavice, Kenneth J ^a,b   Young, Henry M ^a,b   Jones, Jack S ^a,b   Esquivel Upshaw, Josephine F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Department of Oral Biology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTITION; FEMALE; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREMOLAR TOOTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH OCCLUSION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDENTULOUSNESS; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH ARCH; TRANSDUCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BICUSPID; BITE FORCE; CALIBRATION; DENTAL ARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; TOOTH LOSS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0036834669     PISSN: 00223913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpr.2002.129062     Document Type: Article

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