Masseter muscle thickness and mechanical advantage in relation to vertical craniofacial morphology in children

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-30

  Charalampidou, Maria ^a,c   Kjellberg, Heidrun ^a   Georgiakaki, Ioanna ^b   Kiliaridis, Stavros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Masseter muscle; Ultrasonography; Vertical dimensions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MASSETER MUSCLE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BITE FORCE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 40349111637     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350701884604     Document Type: Article

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