Does long-term use of unstable dentures weaken jaw muscles?

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 256-261

  Caloss, R ^a   Al Arab, M ^b   Finn, R A ^b   Lonergan, O ^c   Throckmorton, G S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bite force; Electromyography; Implant retained overdentures; Jaw muscle strength; Mandibular implants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; BITE FORCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTURE RETENTION; DENTURE, OVERLAY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954381112     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2009.02046.x     Document Type: Article

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