Evaluation of molar and incisor bite force in indigenous compared with white population in Brazil

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 282-286

  Regalo, Simone Cecilio Hallak ^a   Santos, Carla Moreto ^a   Vitti, Mathias ^a   Regalo, Carlos Alberto ^b   de Vasconcelos, Paulo Batista ^a   Mestriner Jr , Wilson ^a   Semprini, Marisa ^a   Dias, Fernando José ^a   Hallak, Jaime Eduardo Cecilio ^a   Siéssere, Selma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Faculdades COC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Incisive regions; Indigenous; Maximum bite force; Molar regions; Stomatognathic system

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MASTICATION; MOLAR TOOTH; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BITE FORCE; BRAZIL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MOLAR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38649111359     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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