Denture wearing and strong bite force reduce pressure pain threshold of edentulous oral mucosa

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 873-878

  Tanaka, M ^a   Ogimoto, T ^a   Koyano, K ^a   Ogawa, T ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete denture; Edentulism; Gingiva; Pressure algometer; Supporting tissue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUTH MUCOSA; PAIN THRESHOLD; PALATE; PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BITE FORCE; DENTURE, COMPLETE; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE;

EID: 5444273417     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2004.01321.x     Document Type: Article

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